At the meeting, they argued that a gaming facility in such close proximity to the Reno-Sparks Convention Center, without the addition of lodging goes against the city’s master plan. The main issue of contention for the planned development has been the lack of hotel rooms.

2 to present an appeal against Station Casinos’ Special Use Permit. Monarch Casino & Resort Inc., the parent company of the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, came before the Reno City Council on Nov. The new development for the site has not been without opposition.

Nelson explained that the Reno Turf Club license was taken by the City of Reno in 2004 through a condemnation action to facilitate the construction of the ReTRAC project. The company also filed an application with the Nevada Gaming Control Board to relocate the grandfathered non-restricted Reno Turf Club gaming license to that location. Station Casinos filed for a special use permit from the City of Reno back in July of 2016, which was approved. “The recent expansion and diversification of northern Nevada’s economy has renewed the Company’s interest in developing a gaming property in the Reno-Sparks market,” Nelson said. The rebound of northern Nevada’s economy has revived Station Casinos’ interest in the region and is allowing them to move forward with a new development plan. “Like many Nevada businesses, however, the economic downturn required the Company to alter and delay its plans,” Lori Nelson, vice president of corporate communications for Station Casinos, said in an email response. The original plan for development of the site across from the convention center included a casino with potentially 500 hotel rooms, but the recession derailed this plan. The company also owns land across from The Summit Reno mall. Stations Casino LLC purchased the site in 2004. The site is located across from the convention center on the west side of South Virginia Street between Kumle Lane and Kietzke Lane. The NNBW looked into the current status of the Station Casinos’ Convention Center District Project.Īs currently planned, the 84,000-sqaure-foot facility will include a more than 20,000-square-foot gaming area, a bowling alley, restaurants, a theater, 347 parking spaces as well as a state-of-the art sports book and sports bar. Station Casinos LLC owns the nearly 8-acre site and within the last year, the company has taken steps to start developing a gaming and entertainment facility on the property. The land across from the Reno-Sparks Convention Center has sat empty for many years.

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