Compass Partners LLC won a bankruptcy auction to acquire the Big Apple Circus, setting the stage for the show’s possible return to New York City for the holiday season, the Wall Street Journal reported today. Compass Partners beat a handful of competitors at this week’s auction with a $1.3 million bid, according to court papers filed yesterday. The sale, which must be approved by a bankruptcy judge, is for Big Apple Circus’s name and most of its circus equipment. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York will review Compass’s bid at a Feb. 14 hearing.
