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This is about the Circus Circus in Las Vegas. There is also a Circus Circus in Reno, Nevada.

Circus Circus is a circus-themed 3,770 room hotel and 101,000 square foot (9,400 m²) casino located in Las Vegas, Nevada on the Las Vegas Strip that is owned and operatd by the Mandalay Resort Group. It features free circus acts on a regular basis throughout the day. It also offers the only RV park on the Strip.

History

Opened October 18, 1968.

Adventuredome Theme Park

Formerly known as Grand Slam Canyon. Located under the pink top, this 5 acre (20,000 m²) indoor amusement park offers 16 rides and is connected to the hotel.

Movie history

The hotel's famous midway was featured in the 1971 James Bond film "Diamonds Are Forever".

It is also known to movie goers as Bazooka Circus in the film version of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas where Raoul Duke (played by Johnny Depp) while in midst of an ether binge utters the line "Bazooka Circus is what the world would be doing every Saturday night if the Nazis had won the war. This was the Sixth Reich."