{"id":38186,"date":"2023-10-18T18:16:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T01:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=38186"},"modified":"2023-10-20T17:54:40","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T00:54:40","slug":"circa-named-best-casino-resort-in-u-s-third-straight-time-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/circa-named-best-casino-resort-in-u-s-third-straight-time-heres-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Circa Named Best Casino Resort in U.S. for Third Straight Time, Here’s Why"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At this year’s Global Gaming Awards, Circa Las Vegas was named “North American Property of the Year” for the third straight time.<\/p>\n

It’s incredible how certain organizations manage to make something so exciting sound so boring. “Gaming” is the boring form of “gambling,” and “property” is the boring form of “casino” and “North America” is the boring way of saying “in the world.”<\/p>\n

No matter how you say it, Circa kicks ass and there’s a reason it’s our favorite Las Vegas casino. Reasons, plural. Now seems a good time to share some of those reasons. Let’s go.<\/p>\n

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Behold, our home away from home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

First, we should say the Global Gaming Awards are legit, meaning you can’t buy a nomination or award, and it’s not a money grab, as far as we can tell. (Looking at you<\/a>, “Best of Las Vegas” awards.)<\/p>\n

The awards are given by two industry publications, Gambling Insider and Gaming America.<\/p>\n

According to the official awards site, “A panel of over 100 C-level executives from the industry decides the winners, with KPMG in the Crown Dependencies independently adjudicating the voting process to ensure full transparency and fairness.”<\/p>\n

In short, Olive Garden doesn’t win “Best Italian Restaurant in Las Vegas.”<\/p>\n

On this page of the Global Gaming Awards Web site<\/a>, you can see all the judges, most of whom spent way too much on their headshots given the results.<\/p>\n

We can’t completely vouch for these awards, because their awards ceremony has a bit of a Golden Globes vibe, the biggest difference being the Hollywood Foreign Press Association spends more than $30 on audio equipment. Here’s video<\/a> from the awards event, the Circa part starts at 48:50.<\/p>\n

That said, they got Circa’s award right, despite the truly random group of nominees, most of which we’ve never heard of and would never visit unless it was to rescue a puppy from a burning building.<\/p>\n

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It appears the folks behind the Global Gaming Awards imbibe as much as the Hollywood Foreign Press.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s worth nothing Wynn won for “Land-Based Operator,” but we don’t really know what that means, so we’re sticking to the place where we go four nights a week.<\/p>\n

Here are 10 reasons Circa deserves this award, and you will not find these in the news release or in stories by other news outlets copying and pasting from the news release. We live at Circa, so we know of what we speak.<\/p>\n

1. The owner built Circa for himself.<\/h2>\n

The reason Circa is great is because its owner, Derek Stevens, built the place exactly the way he wanted it. (His brother and co-owner, Greg Stevens, prefers to give Derek Stevens the limelight.) Derek Stevens loves socializing and sports and drinking and gambling, so he and his brother spent $1.156 billion making Circa a place perfectly suited to those with Derek Stevens’ same passions. The dude sits at the end of the casino bar, Megabar, most nights and schmoozes with guests and his team. There’s no Board of Directors. Stevens listens to guests and when he sees problems, he fixes them. Circa is the best-maintained casino in Las Vegas. Derek Stevens loves a party, so he created a party that never ends at Circa.<\/p>\n

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Derek Stevens points at something important during the construction of Circa, possibly the big-ass screen at Stadium Swim, the hotel’s pool complex experience.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2. The ventilation system.<\/h2>\n

Through some ingenious engineering, the A\/C at Circa isn’t pushed down, it’s sucked up. That means smoke doesn’t linger, and the result is as glorious as if Circa were non-smoking.<\/p>\n

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Heads up, stiletto wearers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3. The loud music.<\/h2>\n

We hate loud music, but love Circa, which has very loud music. We can’t explain it. We love Circa’s high limit slot room, and the sound is muffled there, so it’s possible the music volume is a clever trick to get us to gamble more. There’s no denying the music gives Circa an energy that isn’t easily replicated (although Circa’s sister casinos, Golden Gate and The D, come closed). If booming music isn’t for you, Circa might not be, either. It grows on you, especially when you understand the music isn’t just intended for guests, but also the casino’s dancing dealers.<\/p>\n

4. The dancing dealers.<\/h2>\n

Circa knows its customer, which skews male. There are dancing dealers at Golden Gate and The D, but the A-team is reserved for Circa, all due respect. The simple fact is beautiful dealers and dancers encourage players to play longer. Is it sexist? Probably. Is there objectification? Of course. If you’re hyper-sensitive to these things in Las Vegas, you may have chosen the wrong vacation destination. Sex sells. Always has, always will.<\/p>\n

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