Children can accompany reservation-holding adults.The one-story venue will have 150 slot machines, a restaurant, and a sportsbook. Her cowgirl knee will once again kick, he promised.Ī downstairs steakhouse offers the only exception to the 21-and-older rule. Leading the way past gambling tables and video slot machines toward the hotel lobby, Stevens noted the restored original neon “Vegas Vickie” sign that he and his brother acquired along with the old “Topless Girls of Glitter Gulch” property in downtown Las Vegas.

“But if you’re not a sports fan, you can come hang out with a group of friends.” “This is targeted toward the sports fan,” he said. Stevens compares a second-deck overlooking the indoor scene with the right field stands at old Tiger Stadium in his old hometown, Detroit. Stevens imagines fans watching Vegas Golden Knights hockey, Las Vegas Raiders football, NCAA March Madness basketball and World Series baseball at the three-level indoor sports book he calls the world’s largest.Ī studio for veteran sportscaster Brent Musburger’s Vegas Stats and Information Network overlooks the wall of betting odds and point spreads and a half-circle of stadium-style seats each with electric outlets for laptops and beverage holders for drinks.Īn immense video wall will show multiple races and games at a time. “It was surpassed by the Strip in the ‘50s and ‘60s and has re-emerged in recent years as a niche market for younger tourists who seek a traditional city and vibrant street life.” “Downtown was the original large-scale area for casinos,” Lang said.

He noted the Las Vegas Strip grew with big resorts, live entertainment and conventions.

“This is the original core of the city,” said Robert Lang, executive director of the Brookings Mountain West think tank at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. They also own the Golden Gate, which opened in 1906. But the governor, a Democrat, said Tuesday the spike is similar to what other states are experiencing, and he has no plans to call for closures and other restrictions.Īt 458 feet (140 meters) and 35 stories tall, Circa bookends Fremont Street with the D Las Vegas - now the second-tallest downtown hotel - also co-owned by Stevens and his brother, Greg Stevens.

The rate of coronavirus infections is rising in Nevada. The number of visitors to the region this year has been less than half the number in 2019, the tourism authority reports. Boyd Gaming’s downtown Main Street Station across from Circa remains shuttered.

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