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1. Name:
Circus Circus Hotel and Casino
2. Owner: Mandalay
Resort Group
3. Address: 2880
S. Las Vegas Blvd.
3b. Additional Site
Details: Circus Circus is a cluster
of signage and buildings located toward the Sahara Boulevard. When
approaching Circus Circus on Las Vegas Boulevard from the North
or the South the first thing which is seen is Lucky the Clown, the
giant, sculpted, roadside pylon, on the west side of the strip where
the property is located. From the South as you approach the property
A small double backed marquis sign for the Circus Circus is perched
atop the corner or the shared and neighboring establishment of the
Slots-a-fun's small street side covering. As you make you way past
to entrance to Slots of Fun toward the Giant Lucky sign, the impressive
porte cochere comes into view. The porte cochere is the centerpieces
for the flankings of the electrified north elevation of the low
rise Slots a fun building and the Lucky the Clown Pylon. Following
the building North and around it's North elevation, and elevated
tram track is exaggerated by the striping of red neon and incandescent
bulbs. From there you see the letters horizontally along the high
rise towers spelling Circus Circus. The rear of the property serves
as home to the Circus Circus Manor, an RV park for the recreational
motorist to stay in their travels.
4. Condition:
Structure 4
Surface 4
Lighting 5
Notes: See
description
5. Form: plyon,
fasica, porte cochere
6. Specfic Description:
The first description belongs to
the double backed color LED message center. The board is outlined
in rose neon leading up into neon scrollwork center-pieced at the
very top of the sign by a smiling clown face. Between the message
center and reader board are the animated neon words circus circus
in channel lettering with red neon.
When facing the front of the Circus Circus, the first fixture, which
catches the eye, is the dazzling Rudy Coristomo designed porte cochere.
The gradually arched cover is of fully cantilevered design, and
the entire piece is encrusted with a dizzying array of animated
red and white incandescent bulbs. The words Circus Circus are spelled
in channel lettering cross the front peak of the low rise arch design.
The letters are filled with white animated incandescent bulbs. A
backdrop for the porte-cochere is the pattern of incandescent bulbs
along the wall of the structure, which supports the porte cochere.
Painted in animated bulbs, narrow, intersecting archway designs
reach from the ground nearly to the top of the building itself.
The effect is nice backdrop, which leads the eye from the wings
of the property to the center.
Placed just to the left of the Porte cochere is an entrance into
the casino. Above the door a neon and bulb encrusted fascia designed
clown holds guard to the word entrance spelled in backlit plastic.
Flanking the figure itself are animated red and white bulb laden
scrollwork. To the right of the porte cochere is a smeller yet equally
charming sign representing another entrance into the building. The
smiling backlit plastic wall sign, like the previous, holds an arched
text of casino which itself sits above the word entrance. It is
outlined in blue neon, with animated incandescent bulbs. Two backlit
plastic message boards with changeable vinyl lettering join the
wall sign. Animated incandescent bulbs form a border around each.
Following around to the North side of the building. A continuous
stripe of red neon and a stream of incandescent bulbs border an
elevated tram path. As it disappears into a higher elevation building,
the giant, vertical, red neon letters Spelling Circus Circus can
be seen high above along the east elevation of the tower in the
near distance. Continuing west you arrive in the rear parking lot
where several items of signage reside. At the very west edge of
the property a single sided arched backlit panel faces east and
is supported by two candy striped red and white poles. Following
the striping and forming a border around the arched panel, white
incandescent bulbs chase around the entire sign. In a two-leveled
section of text, in the very center of the top of the sign, the
words Circus Circus and then Entrance below that are spelled in
metal channel lettering with exposed red neon on the interior. On
either side of the red neon text are the words free parking painted
in white.
Directly through the gate further in the distance in the Parking
lot, the parking garage can be seen highlighted by the vertical
channel lettering, in block text the words Free parking on the west
elevation and on the north elevation the key circus circus turn
of the century lettering spell circus circus lighted with red neon.
The words light up in sequence back and forth in animated turn,
saying Circus….Circus. Below that Free Parking is also spelled
in block text channel lettering, with exposed red neon. Along the
north side of the parking lot is Circus Circus Manor, the recreational
vehicle park is highlighted with it's own unique signage.
7. Type of Display:
neon, incandescent, backlit, LED,
matrix
8. Media: steel,
plastic, fiberglass
9. Non-neon treatments:
graphics, paint
10. Animation:
oscillating, flashing
Notes: see
description
11. Environment:
The site is bordered on the
South by Slots of Fun, on the north by the Hilton timeshare under
construction, and across the Strip by the Riviera. |
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