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For a town of only 133,000, this is truly the "biggest little city in the world".

RENO, Nevada

Dave
2004-02-22 12:53:20

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One casino that I highly recommend visiting, even if you are not a gambler is the Silver Legacy. This building can't be missed, it is the one with the large round ball, located at 407 North Virginia Street. Most likely you will walk in out of the bright sunshine and be awestruck with the largeness of the place. In front of you will be a 120 foot tall piece of mining equipment that will seem to be continually minting silver dollars. You will see thousands upon thousands of coins dropping from the mint. If you look up at the ceiling you will see stars and clouds. These are projections from particular light bulbs located throughout the building. Adding the noise from the mint to the noise from the slot machines, and you have a casino floor that seems to be noisier then most of the others.

Another casino worth visiting is Circus Circus. This casino offers FREE viewings of circus acts.

The main street in Reno, Virginia street, is a mix of casinos, bright lights (especially at night), and interesting dealers of "old western" memorabilia. This is also the street that you see the sign "The Biggest Little City in the World" featured in many gambling movies.

The Reno Rodeo is the third largest rodeo held in the United States. It is now a 2.5+ million dollar event. It was founded in 1919 and from a small event then, it has now grown to having over 130,000 people attend in 1997. Excellent competitions can be witnessed in bareback riding, roping, barrel racing, and steer wrestling. Before the actual rodeo a 60 mile cattle drive is open to the public. This drive reminiscent of the cattle drive in "City Slickers", costs an individual a price of $1,170. There are up to 55 spaces available and these are reserved months and years ahead of time. Space goes rather quickly. For spaces in future cattle drives please call PHONE NUMBER (775) 329-3877. A $200 deposit is required for spaces starting in the 1999 cattle drive. Just imagine the excellent feeling of accomplishment after driving the cattle 60 miles across the dusty plains of the Nevada deserts, to the crowded streets of Reno, with thousands of people cheering you on.

Other annual events worth mentioning are the Hot August Nights, which is a musical celebration of the 1950's and 60's. This event is held every year in the first week in August. The Reno Grand Prix races are held in late September. The Nevada State Fair is held in mid August. The National Championship Air Races are held after the Labor Day weekend. Lastly the National Senior Pro Rodeo Finals are held in November.