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Courtyard Marriott Construction Update
With all the buzz about the Siena possibly becoming a Marriott, we can't forget about the other Marriott. Ground work and floodwall reinforcement looks to be nearly complete, with foundation work beginning.
7 May 2015
SculptureFest Brings 3 Days and Nights of Art and Music
SculptureFest Brings 3 Days and Nights of Art and Music to downtown Reno. Click the read more button to learn more about this event, the artists, and the five late-night afterparties surrounding the event.
6 May 2015
Siena In Talks to Go Back to Its Roots
Only the most hardcore Reno natives would know that the Siena, back when it was the Holiday Hotel, actually opened up in 1958 WITHOUT a casino. It was a non-gaming hotel on the river, and the casino was only added later. Hotels like Harrah's downtown are casinos with a hotel added on, but the Holiday was a hotel first, with a casino added on.
Since 1999, the casino has literally not made a dime of money. I don't need a 'source' to tell me this, it's painfully obvious when you visit the Siena on a Friday or Saturday.
Yet, during the weekends, esepcially in the summer, the hotel portion often comes close to selling out.
So, it wasn't necessarily shocking when I learned from an unnamed source that Fernando Leal, developer of the Montage and CommRow (now Whitney Peak Hotel) has bought the Siena.
1 May 2015
Renopen Streets Coming to Downtown and Midtown in October
Participants jog, dance, bike or play through a one and one-half mile closed route.
24 Apr 2015
Kings Inn To Become High End Apartments And Other News
A report back from the RAAB meeting with lots of exciting items.
22 Apr 2015
El Cortez Awning Now Removed - And It Looks Amazing
The El Cortez's cheesy awning is now completely removed. Check it out, looks great!
16 Apr 2015
Downtown Sculpture Being Relocated to Park
This morning, crews began moving the Portal of Evolution sculpture from City Hall Plaza to its new location on the east end of Bicentennial Park.
14 Apr 2015
El Cortez's Awning Comes Down, Exposes Beautiful Work Underneath
El Cortez's hideous awning that doesn't match the building at all, is coming down, much to the delight of Noble Pie Parlor owners Trevor Leppek and Ryan 'Pie Face' Goldhammer.
10 Apr 2015
Get Creative With A Local Urban Planning Competition
How Would You Redevelop 260 Winter Street? Get creative and win some $$$ with this local urban planning competition.
7 Apr 2015
Public Input for Virginia Street Corridor Project
RTC will be holding two upcoming community meetings to review and discuss plans to make Virginia Street in MidTown more pedestrian-friendly, and expand RAPID Transit north to UNR.
6 Apr 2015
Siegel Weighing Two Options for Awnings at El Cortez
So the word on the street is Siegel Group is demolishing the current awnings over the retail businesses on the first floor, and is looking at two options moving forward.
I also can't wait to see what they come up with for window options, since the Historical Resources Commission recommended they come up with window replacements that have a bit more of a historical feel than 1970s style slider windows.
2 Apr 2015