By Alan Snel of LVSportsBiz.com
It’s a golden era of sports betting in this country. With legal barriers removed, more and more states are enacting and regulating sports wagering.
And that’s been a good thing for Las Vegas. Sports wagering has become a mainstream entertainment form across the nation and Sin City is parlaying a U.S. Supreme Court decision into a chance to grow the industry — and even make it a tourist destination.
That’s where Circa Sports and Circa hotel-casino’s massive sportsbook come in.
Ten days ago Circa opened and there was a wow factor linked to the three-level-tall sportsbook. From the top perch, it looked like the Grand Canyon of sportsbooks.
On Friday afternoon, the guys with the VSiN sports betting network were on one of the big sections of the massive screen from the sports book on the opposite end of town at the South Point sportsbook. The SuperBook at Westgate and the MGMBet’s app campaign have also added juice to the Las Vegas sports betting scene, which include 10,000-square-foot-plus sportsbooks in places like Red Rock Resort in Summerlin, Aliante in north valley, The Venetian on the Strip and South Point.
Circa Sports runs more than just sportsbooks in the new downtown hotel. The sportsbooks in The D and Golden Gate in downtown come under the Circa Sports banner, while Circa Sports has signed a sports betting app deal to run sports wagering for at least two Colorado hotel-casinos owned by Colorado Springs-based Century Casinos in Cripple Creak and Central City.
At the Circa sportsbook, there’s actually a very short escalator moving bettors into the belly of the sports betting venue. Large comfy theater-style chairs plus big booth-and-table arrangements in the center of the sportsbook.
And if you need a change of scenery, there’s always the 165-foot Mega Bar a short walk away.