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Circus Circus (other) band
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Circus Circus is used as the name for: Casinos * Circus Circus Atlantic City, a defunct hotel and casino project, Atlantic City, New Jersey * Circus Circus Enterprises, later Mandalay Resort Group, a casino operator * Circus Circus Las Vegas, owned by Phil Ruffin * Circus Circus Reno, owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment * Circus Circus Tunica, now Gold Strike Tunica, Mississippi Music * Circus Circus (1900s band), a band that lasted from 1979 to 1981 and featured Blackie Lawless * Circus Circus (2000s band), a Post Hardcore Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. Like the term " post-punk", the term "post-hardcore" has been applied to a broad const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandalay Resort Group
Mandalay Resort Group (formerly Circus Circus Enterprises) was an American hotel and casino operator based in Paradise, Nevada. Its major properties included Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalibur and Circus Circus, as well as half of the Monte Carlo. In terms of market capitalization, it was one of the largest casino operators in the world. Its stock traded on the New York Stock Exchange with the ticker symbol "CIR" and "MBG". History The company was originally known as Circus Circus Enterprises and originated with Jay Sarno's 1968 opening of the Circus Circus as well as a Circus Circus in Reno, which opened in 1978. The company incorporated as Circus Circus Enterprises (CCE) in 1974 to purchase Circus Circus from Sarno at a time when the casino was experiencing financial difficulties. The original majority owners of CCE were William Pennington, a former oil lease speculator and William Bennett, a former furniture salesman and the manager of The Mint Las Vegas casino. Circus Circus En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circus Circus Las Vegas
Circus Circus Las Vegas is a hotel and casino located on the northern Las Vegas Strip in Winchester, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Phil Ruffin. Circus Circus includes the largest permanent circus in the world. It features circus and trapeze acts, as well as carnival games, at its Carnival Midway. The resort also includes the Adventuredome, an indoor amusement park. Circus Circus was originally owned by Jay Sarno and Stanley Mallin. It opened without a hotel on October 18, 1968. It included a casino on its first floor, while a second floor contained carnival games for children. Circus Circus was the first family-oriented casino in Las Vegas. It struggled financially during its early years, in part because of its lack of a hotel. A 15-story tower, with 409 rooms, was added in 1972. Sarno and Mallin were subsequently investigated for tax code violations and alleged connections with organized crime. In 1974, the casino was leased to Bill Bennett and William Pennington, taking ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Ruffin
Phillip Gene Ruffin (born March 14, 1935) is an American businessman. He owns the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino and Circus Circus Las Vegas, Circus Circus Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, in addition to a number of other enterprises including hotels, casinos, greyhound racing tracks, oil production, convenience stores, real estate, and the world's largest manufacturer of hand trucks. He is also a business partner of former United States President Donald Trump, with whom he co-owns the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas. On the ''Forbes'' 2019 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked No. 838 with a net worth of United States dollar, US $3.1 billion. Early life and education Ruffin was born in Potter County, Texas, Potter County near Amarillo, Texas, the son of Blanche (née Cohlmia) and Roy J. Ruffin. He is of Lebanese descent (his family's surname was originally "Rufan"). He was raised in Wichita, Kansas where his father had a grocery store. Trump International Towe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circus Circus Reno
Circus Circus Reno is a hotel and casino located in Downtown Reno, Nevada. It anchors a network of connected hotel-casinos in the downtown Reno core that includes Silver Legacy Reno and Eldorado Reno and are owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment. It includes a 1,620 room hotel and a casino which features free circus acts on a regular basis throughout the day over the midway which also offers 33 carnival games. It is the second-largest hotel in downtown Reno (and third-largest in the Reno area overall) by number of rooms. Previous owners of Circus Circus Reno were Mandalay Resort Group, formerly known as Circus Circus Enterprises (1978–2005) and MGM Resorts International, formerly known as MGM Mirage (2005–2015). History The main structure was originally built as a Gray, Reid & Wright department store which, at the time, was the only department store in the state of Nevada. Originally opened on November 7, 1957, the structure replaced a prior store location whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caesars Entertainment
Caesars Entertainment, Inc., formerly Eldorado Resorts, Inc., is an American hotel and casino entertainment company founded and based in Reno, Nevada that operates more than 50 properties. Eldorado Resorts acquired Caesars Entertainment Corporation and changed its own name to Caesars Entertainment on July 20, 2020. History The company traces its history back to the development of the Eldorado Hotel in Reno, which was opened on May 24, 1973, by a group of investors that included Don Carano and other members of the Carano family. On July 28, 1995, the Eldorado opened the adjacent Silver Legacy Resort Casino in partnership with Circus Circus Enterprises. The Eldorado companies were reorganized in 1996 as Eldorado Resorts LLC in connection with a $100-million bond offering. In 2005, the company took over the bankrupt Hollywood Casino Shreveport in Louisiana, buying a 76 percent stake in the property for $154 million. It was then rebranded as the Eldorado Casino Shreveport. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Strike Tunica
Gold Strike Tunica (formerly Circus Circus Tunica) is a casino hotel in Tunica Resorts, Mississippi, 20 minutes south of Memphis, Tennessee. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by MGM Resorts International. Casino In 2008, MGM Mirage made a large investment in Gold Strike Casino Resort and a commitment to the Tunica market with a multimillion-dollar renovation and remodeling project. The upgrade, which took two years to complete and is the largest in the casino resort's history, included all of Gold Strike's 1,133 oversized rooms and 125 suites, the conference and convention center, the Atrium Café, the Courtyard Buffet and the high-limit gaming and lobby areas. The resort also includes Chicago Steakhouse restaurant, which has won several awards including the ''Wine Spectator'' Award of Excellence; a spa and salon; the 800-seat Millennium Theater; and of gaming space with 52 table games and more than 1,400 slot machines. At 31 stories tall, Gold Strike Casino Resort is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circus Circus (1900s Band)
Circus Circus is used as the name for: Casinos * Circus Circus Atlantic City, a defunct hotel and casino project, Atlantic City, New Jersey * Circus Circus Enterprises, later Mandalay Resort Group, a casino operator * Circus Circus Las Vegas, owned by Phil Ruffin * Circus Circus Reno, owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment Caesars Entertainment, Inc., formerly Eldorado Resorts, Inc., is an American hotel and casino entertainment company founded and based in Reno, Nevada that operates more than 50 properties. Eldorado Resorts acquired Caesars Entertainment Corpora ... * Circus Circus Tunica, now Gold Strike Tunica, Mississippi Music * Circus Circus (1900s band), a band that lasted from 1979 to 1981 and featured Blackie Lawless * Circus Circus (2000s band), a Post Hardcore band {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackie Lawless
Steven Edward Duren (born September 4, 1956), better known by his stage name Blackie Lawless, is an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist (formerly bassist) for heavy metal band W.A.S.P.Blackie Lawless & W.A.S.P. ''The Weekender (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania)''. April 15, 1997, p. 8. Early life Duren was born in Tampa, Florida, and raised in Staten Island, New York City. He had a fundamentalist Baptist upbringing, but has also claimed Jewish ancestry."W.A.S.P.: Blackie Lawless" '' USA Today''. . January 21, 2005. Retrieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Circus Circus (2000s Band)
Circus Circus is used as the name for: Casinos * Circus Circus Atlantic City, a defunct hotel and casino project, Atlantic City, New Jersey * Circus Circus Enterprises, later Mandalay Resort Group, a casino operator * Circus Circus Las Vegas, owned by Phil Ruffin * Circus Circus Reno, owned and operated by Caesars Entertainment * Circus Circus Tunica, now Gold Strike Tunica, Mississippi Music * Circus Circus (1900s band), a band that lasted from 1979 to 1981 and featured Blackie Lawless Steven Edward Duren (born September 4, 1956), better known by his stage name Blackie Lawless, is an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer and rhythm guitarist (formerly bassist) for heavy metal band W.A.S.P.B ... * Circus Circus (2000s band), a Post Hardcore band {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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