Oh, bless my dauber and call me a coverall—Circus Circus is bringing REAL bingo back to the Las Vegas Strip, and I almost squealed loud enough to drown out the slot machines.

You youngsters may not understand, but back in my day, bingo halls were the beating heart of this town. We didn’t have fancy tablets or computerized cards doing the work for us—we had paper, ink, and elbows on the table. If you got bingo, you earned it.

Well, my dears, in February 2026, we’re getting the old magic back.

Circus Circus is opening a brand-new vintage-style bingo hall, and I swear to you—it’s like they reached right into my memories and rebuilt the whole thing from scratch.

🎉 Paper Cards, Real Daubers… Be Still My Heart

This new hall is seating 255 players per session (plenty of room for me and my lucky seat cushion). They’re running six sessions a day, each with:

• 10 old-school games

• A bonus round

• A coverall

• NO tablets, NO screens, NO nonsense

Just you, your dauber, and the sweet sound of someone muttering “I only needed one more number…”

A full session package is $30, and honey, trust me—there are worse ways to spend an afternoon than chasing cash prizes ranging from $50 to $1,500. Back in 1978 I won $300 on a coverall and you’d think I hit Megabucks.

🌭 Cheap Eats & Coin Slots? Kids, We’re Time Traveling.

Right outside the hall, Circus Circus is adding a retro-inspired concession stand serving the essentials:

• Hot dogs

• Pretzels

• Nachos

• Beer

• Cocktails

If you’re not eating something salty while trying to dab a straight line across a bingo card… are you really living?

And don’t get me started on the coin-operated slots.

They’re opening a whole little area of them in March 2026, right outside the hall. Real coins. Real clinks. Real buckets. The kind that turn your hands black with metal grime—now that’s Vegas romance.

🎪 Circus Circus Gets It—Vegas Isn’t Just Glitter, It’s Grit & Memories

Shana Gerety, the general manager, said they’ve seen huge success leaning into nostalgia. They brought back Slots-A-Fun, cheap beer, cheap bites—everything Vegas lost when it grew up and got too fancy.

And she’s right. Not every experience has to be a $22 cocktail with a smoke bubble on top. Sometimes all a girl wants is:

• a dauber

• a lucky rabbit’s foot

• and a hot dog that costs less than my lipstick

Circus Circus is refreshing the whole property with updated gaming floors, revamped food spots, and Locals Love promotions. They’re rebuilding Vegas the way many of us remember it—one familiar sound and smell at a time.

🎫 The Details for Your Calendar (and yes, I still keep a paper one!)

🎱 What: Circus Circus Vintage Bingo Hall
📅 When: Opening February 2026 (coin-op slots in March)
📍 Where: Promenade Level, Circus Circus Las Vegas
👵 Ages: 21+ only — sorry kiddos, bingo is grown-up business

Session times and exact payouts are coming soon. You bet your sweet number 7 I’ll be first in line.

❤️ VegasAnnie’s Final Word

Las Vegas has changed more times than I’ve changed hair colors—and trust me, that’s a lot. But Circus Circus embracing old-school bingo?

That feels like home.

If you need me in February, I’ll be daubing with ferocity, clutching my coin bucket, reliving the Vegas I fell in love with… and probably yelling at someone for calling a false bingo.