Reno, Tahoe & Sparks

Circus Reno offers Freebs to Aloha, ATA Airlines Passengers Stuck Holding Tix

In a move that is amazingly generous, Circus Circus Reno (which is a helluva lot better than their Vegas counterpoint) is offering free rooms to passengers stuck holding tickets from recently bankrupt Aloha, ATA and... » continue

The Party Is At Harveys, Unless You Happen To Get Shot In The Face

The quaint lovely mountain gambling mecca of Lake Tahoe, nestled in the mountains on the Nevada-California state line tore a page from Las Vegas' playbook this weekend and hosted a brawl turned shootem up at... » continue

More Casino Layoffs, Now Cal-Neva Tahoe

Almost half of the employees at the have been laid off. A spokesman for the casino says the layoffs were caused by normal slowing of business after the holidays. With the Lake Tahoe area at... » continue

More on The Return of Reno

The Reno Gazette Journal has another article today outlining some of what the city has done to improve things in the downtown casino district. Their current vision of downtown Reno is to refocus it... » continue

Will 2008 Be The Year Reno Makes A Comeback?

The Reno Gazette Journal has posted an article in which they discuss the outlook of Reno's casino and tourism business for 2008 and beyond. As all RenoTrippers know, the greater Reno/Lake Tahoe/Sparks casino situation... » continue

Tis The Season To Go Purse Snatching, Fa-La-La-La-Laaa at the Peppermill

Hank Williams, no relation to the three generations of country/alt country pioneers, was busted in Reno on Monday, carrying a womans purse. No, Mr. Williams was not accused of Public Display of Accessories in Poor... » continue

Fitzgerald's Reno To Finally Get New Ownership

The long belabored story of Fitzgerald's Reno's slow rise from bankruptcy to near abandonment may be drawing to a close. The Nevada Gaming Commission will be meeting on Thursday to vote on whether or not the... » continue

$800M Casino Coming to Sparks/Reno Marina

Olympia Gaming, builders of the Southern Highlands Casino Resort Spa on the Vegas strip south of Mandalay Bay, has announced that they will be building a new $800 million dollar casino, resort, spa and marina... » continue

Murky Future for Reno Casinos

The United States casino industry has grown from a $10B industry in 1982 to an $85B industry in 2006. While gaming has exploded on tribal reservations, riverboats and commercial casinos throughout the U.S., Reno's... » continue

Hero: Charles Barkley Treats Lake Tahoe Firefighters to Dinner

Normally arrogant ex-basketball star Charles Barkley is planning to take 100 Lake Tahoe firefighters out to dinner in appreciation for their heroic duties during the recent Lake Tahoe fire that destroyed 250 homes in the... » continue