Circus Circus hotel-casino in Las Vegas is up for sale, according to a report on Forbes. Phil Ruffin bought the aging casino from MGM Resorts International in 2019 for $825 million. Now he says it’s worth $5 billion and there's interest from buyers, KLAS TV reports.

In a Friday interview with Forbes, Ruffin revealed he’s planning on selling the garish casino that he bought in 2019. At the time, Ruffin boasted he was going to add a sand-bottom pool and 2,000-seat theater, along with investing $60 million into renovations. But despite some cosmetic improvements, Circus Circus remains largely unchanged.

In its early years, Circus Circus was “one of the most notorious Mob haunts on the Strip,” according to a story on The Mob Museum website. The casino’s founder, Jay Sarno, built the resort in part with a Mob-connected $7.6 million Teamsters loan.

Billionaire Phil Ruffin is selling his legendary Circus Circus casino on the Las Vegas strip and it could be yours - for a measly $5 billion. The Circus Circus sits on 102 acres near the northern end of the Las Vegas Strip,

LAS VEGAS — Circus Circus, the venerable 56-year-old north Strip resort that caters to families and low-budget visitors, may soon be sold by owner Phil Ruffin, according to a published