Circus Circus Reno designed by Gordon Tietjen and manufactured by Young Electric Sign Company. On July 7, 2015, MGM Resorts International agreed to sell its properties in Reno (Circus Circus Reno and a 50% stake in the Silver Legacy) to Eldorado Resorts for $72.5 million. The sale was approved and completed in November later that year. On September 5, 2016, Eldorado Resorts permanently closed the Courtyard Buffet (formerly Big Top Buffet). It was replaced with a contemporary fast casual food court which is similar to Station Casinos and other places. The Courtyard Buffet name was used from 1999 to 2016. Circus Circus Reno
Big Apple Circus Russia, started a circus school to train future "first" generation circus performers. They started the small school in a lower Manhattan loft. The circus couple worked with Paul Binder and Michael Christensen to develop the Big Apple Circus following the European style "one ring" circus. In 1977, they located and secured an open ground area, in Battery Park, where the Big Apple Circus debuted. Headlining the early shows was a single trapeze, a dog act, tight rope walking, jugglers and clowns, double trapeze artists, and a host of other performers. During 1978, the circus moved from Manhattan. By 1979, two