Circa Sports has a deal with Legends Bay Casino owner Olympia Gaming to operate a sportsbook at the property, which is located east of Reno, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal.
The 80,000 square-foot 7,432 square-meter casino has table games, slot machines, video poker and multiple restaurants in addition to the sportsbook. It is scheduled to open sometime this summer at the Legends at Sparks Marina along Interstate 80.
Derek Stevens, Circa Sports CEO, said that the company is thrilled to partner with Olympia Gaming to introduce our brand to a new part of the state. We look forward to bringing an incredible sportsbook to the property. Circa Sports was founded in Las Vegas in the year 2019 at Stevens Golden Gate Hotel Casino. Since then, the company has expanded its footprint into five southern Nevada casinos while also providing mobile betting services in Colorado and Iowa. The sportsbook at Stevens Circa Resort Casino opened in 2020 and is touted as the largest sportsbook in the world.
Stevens said the new partnership with Olympia in Sparks is the icing on the cake. Stevens told the Gazette Journal that Legends Bay is the first ground-up casino in the Reno-Sparks area to be built in 30 plus years. We loved the opportunity to put our first Northern Nevada Circa Sports retail location in this property. Legends Bay Casino is the culmination of a journey that started in 2007 for Olympia. The project was originally intended as a hotel-casino, but it has had several starts and stops due to unexpected economic challenges.
The Great Recession in 2008 hit Reno-Sparks' real estate and construction industry particularly hard. The COVID 19 epidemic triggered a lock-down across the entire state of Nevada.
After the 2008 recession, the concept of hotel-casino was ditched in favor of a phased approach. The first phase involved the construction of two hotels, a 102 room Hampton Inn Suites and a 104 room Residence Inn by Marriott. Both projects broke ground in 2017 and have since opened.
The next phase is the Legends Bay Casino which broke ground in 2021.
We started planning in 2007 so watching the designs and concepts change, evolve and go from paper to reality is a great accomplishment for the entire team involved in the project, said DeCourcy Graham, Olympia Gaming's chief operating officer.
RED Development, which developed The Outlets at Legends, expects to see a boost to business at the movie theater, shops and restaurants in the outdoor mall, said Scott Rehorn, its managing partner for leasing.
He said that shopping centers with casinos see an increase in sales, tenant retention and tourism traffic.
CEO Garry Goett, who also serves as chairman of Olympia Companies, believes that the addition of Circa will make Legends Bay Casino a premier sports betting destination in northern Nevada.
Goett said that this gives us a one-of-a-kind sports wagering offering.