Quonset buildings, or “huts,” were manufactured during World War II for the U.S. Navy. They were prefabricated, lightweight, and could be erected just about anywhere by unskilled labor.
Following the war, many of these buildings were sold to the public as war surplus; several made their way to The Strip.
Music and sing-alongs were a big part of the atmosphere at The Barn. Felix Alberts, “Bull of the Woods,” was the MC.
Circus Circus, owned by Jim Brown, was another bar that occupied this building in the late 1960s/early ‘70s. The bar catered to the 18-21-year-old crowd, which could purchase 3.2 beer until voters outlawed it in 1971.
The vote effectively changed the legal drinking age from 18 to 21, and spelled the end of the line for Circus Circus and several other GOTL bars catering to the 18-to-21-year-old crowds: Electric Cage, Sunken Bar, Psychedelic Lounge (Swallows), among them.
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