| Keep it as is, but clean it up, especially the odor |
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| Bring back the 99-cent breakfast buffet |
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| Replace it with a reincarnated Stardust |
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| Replace it with a non-smoking no-children megajoint called the Oasis |
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| Replace it with a an MLB stadium (and, perhaps, an NBA arena) |
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| Replace it with a reincarnated Desert Inn and golf course |
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| Replace it with a themed hotel: Las Vegas-Las Vegas |
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| Replace it with a a Polynesian-style casino-resort complete with a replica Pacific Ocean |
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| Tear down Adventuredome and the RV park and add 3,000 rooms, making it the largest hotel in the world |
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| Tear down the casino and hotel towers, leaving Adventuredome and the RV park, and build a Disneyland-like park, doubling or tripling the number of RV spaces |
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| Replace it with the world's largest brothel, called Lucky Lucky |
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| Keep it exactly as is |
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| Replace it with a Rio-themed resort-casino (subtly encouraging the new Rio owners to build an MLB stadium) |
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| Replace it with a cowboy hotel |
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| Replace it with a a resurrected Winter Wonderland in a dome, complete with downhill skiing |
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| Replace it with a a 2,000-foot-tall observation tower that looks down on the Strat |
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| Replace it with a clown college |
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| Replace it with a string of cheap motels |
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| Replace it with an outlet mall |
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| Replace it with a giant truck stop |
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| Replace it with an outdoor cannabis farm |
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| Replace it with the world's largest Walmart |
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| Replace it with a Chinese-themed megaresort |
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| Replace it with a parking lot for Allegiant Stadium |
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| Replace it with the world's largest Walgreens or CVS |
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| Replace it with the city dump/transfer station |
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| Replace it with a the world's largest monster-truck track |
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| Replace it with an electric-car factory |
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Analysis
This analysis has been updated to reflect the plans that Phil Ruffin has revealed to date (mid-December 2019) about the future of Circus Circus.
Essentially, Ruffin agrees with the top vote-getter in this poll: He's leaving the property mostly as is, in terms of family friendliness, the price point for rooms, and free parking. (He says paid parking is "a stupid idea.") The RV park will be replaced by a Mandalay Bay-style pool complex, which makes sense for families; an $11 million theater for a Cirque production show will also be added. Otherwise, it'll be business as usual for Circus Circus.
We doubt that the 99-cent breakfast buffet will be resurrected, but we certainly hope that the buffet will be improved and the price won't be raised by much. The TI buffet isn't the greatest and it's not the worst, but the price is a little higher than we'd expect at the new Circus.
As for the rest of the answers, we were interested to see how many voters yearn for the Stardust (which wasn't our favorite joint; the Desert Inn was, which placed a few ranks lower). We were pleased to see that the themed Las Vegas-Las Vegas received the seventh-most votes; that was our choice. The MLB stadium is a winner, though that location wouldn't be, and Lucky Lucky garnered some interest.
We were most surprised that "Leave it exactly as it is" ranked so high, in the top 12. If ever a casino needed at least some changing, it's Circus Circus.
