“There seems to be room in the market for another contest. If we keep that format over time, it could potentially be huge. “If we got up to 1,700 entries, that would be another $50,000 each quarter. “The exciting part is if it’s over 1,500 (entries), all that money goes into the quarters and it could add up fast,” Circa Sports sportsbook director Matthew Metcalf said. The format is the same as the prestigious $1,500-entry Westgate SuperContest, with entrants selecting five NFL games against the spread each week.Ĭirca’s contest guarantees a $1.5 million prize pool, $1 million to the winner and $50,000 quarterly prizes. (Caroline Brehman/Las Vegas Review-Journal) the end of 2020, the Circa resort is on pace to open in downtown Las Vegas with a sportsbook featuring a video screen three stories tall.Ĭirca Sports sportsbook already is scaling the heights of the city’s high-end football handicapping contests.Īs of Saturday morning, 1,194 entries had paid $1,000 each to enter the Circa Sports Million Pro Football Contest at the Golden Gate and D Las Vegas. A man looks through one of the windows looking out on the construction for Circa Resort and Casino in downtown Las Vegas, Wednesday, March 20, 2019.
