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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." |
