A month before the NFL season opener, the Circa Survivor contest is on track to obliterate last year’s record prize pool of $14.2 million and this year’s $15 million guarantee.
There were 4,100 entries in the $1,000-entry contest on Sunday. There were 2,800 entries on the same day last year en route to a record 14,266 entries.
“We’re pacing just a little over 40 percent up,” said Mike Palm, vice president of operations for Circa, D Las Vegas and Golden Gate. “If we can maintain this pace, it would put us just over $20 million for our prize pool. Last year, the last six days we did basically $1 million a day.”
