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Old Sep 19, 2023 | 9:46 pm
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Circa for Super Bowl weekend: room quality, rollaways, things to know?

I have been to Circa twice, once very briefly and once for a few hours to gamble. When I gambled, I made a few grand (I was down a few grand when I entered) playing fairly splashy blackjack ($500+/hand in the HL room)... a host introduced himself to him and gave me his card, and I was offered complimentary Louis XIII cognac (with the proper glasses and all) while playing. It was pretty fabulous service compared to other HL rooms.

All that to say, I have been getting increasingly attractive offers in the mail that I have ignored. Until now: 4 free nights for the Super Bowl (Feb 8-12) and two tickets to their VIP watch party. I signed up, they called me, and I got the confirmation in my email. Considering the hotel was sold out months ago (and pretty much all of Vegas is sold out that weekend), it was too good an offer to refuse. So, here we go.

Questions:

1. Are the rooms nice? I know that's subjective, but curious how people would compare it to other Vegas joints. The comp room offered was just the basic king room. Typically I buy-up to something bigger at check-in in Vegas but I imagine the suites will actually remain sold out for Super Bowl weekend. (For context, I usually stay at Bellagio, which I find comfortable but very dated -- I love the piano bar, the pool, and the suite layouts... I also stay at Cosmo sometimes, buying up to a wraparound suite, but I'm not a fan of the wear-and-tear on the rooms. I find the Four Seasons quite nice but too far for me to stay there regularly.)

2. I invited a buddy along so he could have the second ticket to the watch party. Any insight on whether rollaways are (1) easily available, (2) comfortable, and (3) expensive? He may have an option to crash on someone else's couch if the rollaway in my room is trash or not viable. The VIP reservations agent who called me said it would be a mad house and was a little evasive about whether a rollaway would be available.

3. Anything else to know? Favorite F&B venues onsite, must-reserve items, etc? For example at Bellagio I tell people to nab a table by the piano in the evening when David Osborne is playing. At Cosmo I pitch the raviolo at Scarpetta, the tongue-numbing drink at the Chandelier bar (and the 1.5th floor bar), etc. Any such recs here?

TIA -- and if anyone else will be there and is interested in a FT meetup on Friday or Saturday, let's consider starting a thread in CommunityBuzz?

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