Derek Stevens’ Circa Hotel-Casino Poised To Open Next Week

By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com

Circa is opening in downtown Las Vegas and it will have a big impact on the Las Vegas sports scene because of its massive sportsbook superscreen.

Developer Derek Stevens is a big sports fan and the downtown sponsor of the Vegas Golden Knights.

Let’s take a look at the Circa from the air thanks to these photos by Las Vegas photographer Tom Donoghue.


The Stadium Swim is a big deal — as the sign says, three levels and six pools.

 


Number of rooms? 777, of course.


It’s the first major new hotel-casino in downtown in decades.


It sits literally right next to the Fremont Street Experience.


Number of parking spaces in the Garage Mahal: 982



 

Alan Snel

Alan Snel brings decades of sports-business reporting experience to LVSportsBiz.com. Snel covered the business side of sports for the South Florida (Fort Lauderdale) Sun-Sentinel, the Tampa Tribune and Las Vegas Review-Journal. As a city hall beat reporter, Snel also covered stadium deals in Denver and Seattle. In 2000, Snel launched a sport-business website for FoxSports.com called FoxSportsBiz.com. After reporting sports-business for the RJ, Snel wrote hard-hitting stories on the Raiders stadium for the Desert Companion magazine in Las Vegas and The Nevada Independent. Snel is also one of the top bicycle advocates in the country.