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New Circa casino called a ‘game changer’ for downtown Las Vegas
By Bryan Horwath ( contact ) Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020 | 2 a.m. Circa Resort Media Preview The last time a casino in downtown Las Vegas was built from the ground up, Muhammad Ali was stepping into the boxing ring with Larry Holmes at Caesars Palace. When the Sundance — later Fitzgerald’s and now The D Las Vegas — opened, a T-bone steak dinner in the coffee shop was $3.95 and cars were still cruising what is now the Fremont Street Experience. That was circa 1980. Forty years lat
Oct 27, 2020
Owner credits builders for early opening of Circa casino
By Bryan Horwath ( contact ) Friday, June 19, 2020 | 4:28 p.m. Circa Topping Out Casino owner and Circa Las Vegas developer Derek Stevens said today he started to think in April that the under-construction resort could open early. Originally, the 35-story resort — the first to be built in downtown Las Vegas in decades — was scheduled to open in December. But it was announced earlier this week that it will open a few days before Halloween. Stevens said most of the credit for
Jun 22, 2020
City council approves funding for new ‘Welcome’ sign with large LED display in downtown
by Cody Miller Saturday, November 23rd 2019 LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Downtown Las Vegas is getting its own ‘Welcome’ sign along with a massive LED display showing historical moments of Fremont Street from over the decades. At its Nov. 20 meeting, the Las Vegas City Council unanimously approved $225,000 of funding from the Centennial Grant program for the construction of a new sign project. It will be located at the west end of the Fremont Street Experience at Main Street where Slot
Nov 25, 2019
Transforming Fremont Street
November 6, 2019 Fremont Street Experience is beginning to test the capabilities of its new digital canopy from Watchfire Signs. When it’s time to ring in the new year, the new Viva Vision Light Show will be giving visitors an amazing experience, and creating brilliant memories of their trip to Fremont Street. We sat down with Robert Wright, Manager of Strategic Projects at Watchfire Signs, to learn more about the project and the transformation of Fremont Street Experience.
Nov 6, 2019
Fremont Street Time Lapse Video
November 6, 2019 Fremont Street Experience Time Lapse Video WATCH THE VIDEO HERE
Nov 6, 2019
Mothership Coffee’s Latest Satellite Launches in Downtown Las Vegas
Howard Bryman | October 31, 2019 The third Mothership Coffee Roasters cafe has blasted off, propelling coffees of stellar quality to new reaches within the sparkling neon universe of Las Vegas, Nevada. Mothership Coffee CEO Juanny Romero and partners brought their Jetsons-esque interior design concept to local firm Tre Builders for the buildout, creating what Romero envisioned as a mid-century cafe inside of a spaceship. “We were going for a retro-themed space for post-m
Oct 27, 2019
ONLY ON FOX5: A look at construction progress at downtown’s Circa resort
Jaclyn Schultz Updated Aug 27, 2019 | Posted on Aug 27, 2019 LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Eight months after owners announced the groundbreaking of the Circa Resort and Casino, builders have worked at remarkable pace to complete the downtown project by next winter. The hotel and casino on Fremont Street is planned to debut in December 2020 with 510 rooms, complete with a two-story casino and several-story sportsbook. The construction team, which numbers several hundred people, has bui
Aug 30, 2019
Peer Inside the New Brewery on the Strip
by Susan Stapleton Aug 1, 2019, 12:00pm PDT photo The bar at Trustworthy Brewing Co. & BBQ Louiie Victa A brewery with barbecue and games now pours on the Strip. Trustworthy Brewing Co. & BBQ at the Grand Canal Shoppes features small-batch craft beers from MCC Hospitality Group. Customers can book private brewery to learn about the brewing process in the five beer tanks that sit behind the bar and produce 1,150 gallons of beer. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE
Aug 7, 2019
Inside the building of the state-of-the-art Circa sportsbook
by David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterRendering provided and copyrighted by Circa Sports Rob Baker was quoted in this ESPN article. “It was very important to Derek that you walked into Circa from Fremont and you could see the sportsbook from anywhere in the casino,” said Rob Baker, field operations manager for Tre Builders, a construction company working on the new resort. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE
Jul 12, 2019
$32M renovation starts on Fremont Street Experience canopy
By Bailey Schulz Las Vegas Review-Journal May 7, 2019 – 3:03 pm Updated May 7, 2019 – 3:34 pm Visitors on Fremont Street can see something new underneath the Viva Vision canopy in addition to street performers and souvenir kiosks: construction crews. The Fremont Street Experience began its $32 million renovation of the world’s largest single
May 31, 2019
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