Circa Sports Kentucky to open sportsbook at The Mint Gaming Hall Kentucky Downs

FRANKLIN, Ky. – Circa Sports Kentucky is soon debuting Kentucky’s largest retail sportsbook at The Mint Gaming Hall Kentucky Downs in Franklin.

Opening this summer, the new 21 and over venue will feature an 80-foot-wide LED screen, a 31-foot-wide odds board and over 5,100 square feet of action-packed space designed for the ultimate fan and gameday experience.

“After operating in Kentucky for a year, introducing a sportsbook of this caliber to the region marks a significant milestone for Circa Sports,” said Derek Stevens, CEO of Circa Sports. “Along with Kentucky, we’re also seeing tremendous excitement from fans in Tennessee—especially in Nashville. Together with The Mint, we’re creating a high-tech betting destination that will bring a new level of live-viewing excitement for customers across both states. The Mint has been an exceptional partner in turning this vision into reality, and we look forward to welcoming guests later this year.”

Fans at Circa Sports’s new state-of-the-art book can enjoy:

• 80-Foot-Wide Viewing Experience: Fans can watch all the gameday action on an 80-foot-wide LED screen, complete with a 31-foot-wide odds board displaying real-time lines and updates.
• Premium Seating Options: Guests can relax in comfort in one of 113 stadium-style seats, luxury recliners or three tiers of booth-style seating.
• Flexible Betting Access: The Circa Sports Kentucky sportsbook will feature five staffed betting stations, including an ADA-accessible station, and four self-service kiosks. Three self-service kiosks will be located within The Mint Kentucky Downs casino for ultimate convenience.
• Live Broadcast Studio: A VSiN (Vegas Stats & Information Network) broadcast studio will be housed within the book, where live on-air talent, analysis and gameday content will be captured daily. Founded in Las Vegas, VSiN provides coverage across major sports through broadcasts, podcasts and digital content, all designed to inform and empower the betting audience.

Johan Mirkovic, The Mint Gaming Hall Kentucky Downs’ vice president and general manager, said, “The Circa Sportsbook adds yet more amenities for our guests enjoying The Mint Gaming Hall’s gambling, entertainment and dining options. This region, spanning the Kentucky-Tennessee border, is a true sports enthusiast’s haven. The upcoming Circa Sportsbook will elevate the experience, offering the area’s premier viewing venue for all your favorite sporting events—no matter where you are. Whether it’s electrifying college football Saturdays, NFL Sundays, thrilling baseball playoffs, or beyond, this will become the go-to destination for fans to gather, celebrate, and immerse themselves in the excitement.”

“This is our first big investment in the state of Kentucky. We’re just excited to do this here at Kentucky Downs at The Mint. This is a great expansion that they have here at the casino… and as part of this, we were able to build out this sportsbook. We’re known to have the world’s largest sportsbook in Las Vegas… and we’re excited about bringing a big sportsbook here… I think the biggest in the state of Kentucky,” Stevens says.

The big screen viewing experience is just the beginning, as this will also be home to the Vegas Sports Information Network, or VSIN, studios for the Midwest and East Coast.

“This was a studio that was originally founded as… a station originally founded by Brent Musburger and Bill Adee… and we’re going to do a lot of the early morning shows out of here… and then we certainly hope to do a lot of shows with a lot of the local podcasters, radio stations, TV stations here in the evening out of this studio,” Stevens says.

For those unfamiliar with what a sportsbook is exactly, here’s just a taste of what you can expect:

“Look at the sportsbook as going over to your friend’s house and hanging out, except this friend’s house has the best viewing experience, best sound experience. They’ll have the best sports studio experience that you can find anywhere else,” Mirkovic says.

Staff with The Mint and Circa Sports are excited to bring this first of its kind viewing experience to the area, especially considering football season is only a few months away.

“We wanted to give people the ability to have an experience like we could give them in Las Vegas where you can come… where you can get a booth, a table, a recliner, where you can book something with your friends and family, watch games that you want, and do it all together. There’s something so special about being able to watch games with a group of people, and you’re rooting on the same team,” Stevens says.

“We all wanted to make sure that we provide the experience that no one else really has to offer out there… and we wanted to bring the Circa Sportsbook into the valley so you can showcase something for the community where everybody can hang out and have a good time,” Mirkovic says.

News 40 will provide additional details as they become available.