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Search here Reno Standard Report
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from Reno/Sparks Association of Realtors
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BOBO’S SKI + BOARD
PRESENTS
BOBOFEST11
FEATURING Warren Miller’s 62nd Epic Ski/Board Movie “…Like There’s No Tomorrow
and Huge Snow Industry Trade Show with over 50 Vendors. Come meet the Pros!
You’ve seen them in the magazines, now come meet them in person!
Our net proceeds go to Support Bobo’s Kids Scholarship Programs
for the Reno Housing Authority and the Sky Tavern Jr. Ski Program.
Together, we make snow dreams come true, one turn at a time!
Contact: Ticketmaster
Phone: 1-800-745-3000
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Legendary Car Collector Bill Harrah Exhibit
Debuts at National Automobile Museum
Nov. 4, 2010 – Dec. 31, 2011
Bill Harrah 1911-1978: Legendary Collector
Changing Exhibits Gallery
The National Automobile Museum, the Harrah Collection, in downtown Reno, Nevada will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Bill Harrah’s birth with a special exhibit telling the story of this legendary collector and gaming industry pioneer.
Bill Harrah was the founder of the world-famous Harrah’s Automobile Collection, which opened to the public in 1962 and grew to the largest, most significant collection of its time.
Discover Harrah’s passion for automobiles, his mission and the unfortunate turn of events that led to the disbursement of most of his collection. Learn about the public outcry that saved some of the best automobiles and the movement that created the National Automobile Museum (The Harrah Collection).
The film, the Bill Harrah Story, which details the man and his love for the automobile, is also included with the price of admission.
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The Great Reno Balloon Race is the largest free hot air ballooning event in the Nation. During three days in early September, you can look up into the Reno skies and see a rainbow of hot air balloons soaring about. From its humble beginnings in 1982 with just 20 balloons, The Great Reno Balloon Race has taken flight with more than 100 balloons each year. Taking place just a few miles north of downtown Reno, the event enchants both young and old with its vibrant colors and inspiring music. The Balloon Race has won many awards over the years including ‘Best Special Event in Reno’ and ‘Best Special Event in Northern Nevada.’ With an average of 150,000 spectators attending the event each year, the number of lives touched by the beautiful spectacle continues to rise just like the balloons themselves.
We invite you to explore this section of the Web site to get a taste for what you’ll find at The Great Reno Balloon Race. If you’re looking for an aerial event that will leave you with a sky-high feeling, don’t miss The Great Reno Balloon Race.
The mission of the Great Reno Balloon Race is to provide a premier, safe, family-oriented/tourist-attractive, visually dramatic event that celebrates the joy of flight while remaining free to the public
from http://renoballoon.com/EventInfo
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Street Vibrations Motorcycle Festival is a celebration of music, metal and motorcycles. Street Vibrations offers tours, live entertainment, ride-in shows, stunt shows and more. This event is so big, it rocks at several locations throughout the region. Major event venues are planned at Harley-Davidson Dealership in Reno and in historic Virginia City. Rides to what Mark Twain called “the fairest picture the whole earth affords,” Lake Tahoe — provide unparalleled entertainment. Flirt with Lady Luck during poker walks and runs. It’s HOG heaven! Don’t miss America’s Finest Custom Bike Builder’s Expo to view the latest creations. Check out the Tattoo Expo for body art extraordinaire. The event is open to all motorcycles. A portion of the proceeds benefits the Juvenile Diabetes Association.
For 2011, we have reached an agreement with the City of Reno to bring the vendors back to Virginia Street with special reserved parking for our VIP participants on Reno’s main street. Selected factory rigs, tent vendors, open beer sales on the street (no beer gardens), three live entertainment stages, fireworks, motorcycle aerial stunt shows and food vendors will fill the downtown venue. The Reno Ballroom will host the tattoo expo and indoor vendors. Our Sparks venue will be expanded with the addition of more factory rigs, more food and beverage, more tent vendors and more stages for entertainment. And yes, we’ll have vendors and entertainment in Virginia City. Once again, Reno Harley-Davidson will have vendors and entertainment for your enjoyment.
from http://www.road-shows.com/street_vibrations.php
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Five days of racing action. Six classes of aircraft and speeds exceeding 500 mph. It all adds up to the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada. Each race is just one thrilling episode of a weeklong pylon-to-pylon drama filled with excitement at every turn and endings you will never see coming. Legendary champions will make triumphant returns while up-and-coming pilots vie to challenge the rule. The thunderous roar of aircraft will storm across the Reno skies.
Whether you’ve been a loyal air race fan for the better part of two decades or have yet to be reeled in, we invite you to experience the “World’s Fastest Motorsport” first hand in September at the Reno Stead Airport.
Always remember to fly low, fly fast and turn left!
from www.airrace.org
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Within an hour’s drive of beautiful Lake Tahoe and other picturesque mountain ranges, the Reno/Sparks area has much to offer. Outdoor activities such as golf, bike trails, numerous parks, water parks, outdoor markets and much more. Shopping and gaming facilities are numerous. Not all activities and attractions cost money. Wingfield Park is located in downtown Reno near First and West Streets. Here you can relax in the shade, picnic, play and cool off in the river, and watch the kayakers take on the Truckee River. The Truckee River pathway for biking and walking passes through th Park, and goes for miles in both directions. During the summer months, free music concerts are performed at the Park. Check times and dates at www.visitrenotahoe.com.
The Sparks Marina is a large man made lake with a two-mile walking trail and swimming beaches. In August the WWA Wakeboard World Championships will be held at the Marina and will be free to watch. The Marina area also features a large/new shopping mall, other smaller shops, and eating establishments.
Rancho San Rafael Regional Park is home to local wildlife and has many walking trails, open grass areas and a large kid’s playground, and is located close to the University of Nevada, Reno.
There are many walking and hiking trails ranging from short, easy kid friendly trails to strenuous climbs with the Sierra Nevada mountain range close by. One hiking area is Galena Creek Park on Mt. Rose Highway.
There are many other free or low cost activities such as:
Rattlesnake Mountain Skate Park, enjoyed by skateboarders and BMX riders, and rumored to be the largest skate park in the west.
Sierra Safari Zoo
Hot August Nights
Free to children with accompanying paying adults:
Nevada State Railroad Museum, in Carson City
National Automobile Museum, free to age 5 and younger
adapted from article by T. Andrew
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Nevada’s most famous short line is the Virginia & Truckee Railroad which connected Reno with Carson City, Virginia City, and Minden. Operating for 80 years, the V&T was Nevada’s Bonanza Railroad as it hauled valuable Comstock ore to quartz reduction mills located at Silver City and along the Carson River. Today visitors to Virginia City enjoy a ride over nearly three miles of the original line amidst encouraging prospects that rails my soon once again reach the outskirts of Carson City. The name “Virginia & Truckee” is recognized the world over: V&T locomotives and cars have appeared in scores of feature-length motion pictures and the historic equipment is preserved and exhibited in museums in Nevada, California, and as far away as Strasburg, Pennsylvania. The V&T enjoys an international constituency.
The Virginia & Truckee Railroad Company was organized in Nevada on March 5, 1868. The objective was to connect Comstock ore producing mines with quartz reduction mills and, on the return trip, to bring in needed lumber, mining timbers and cord wood for fuel. Surveyed by local surveyor Isaac E. James, the 21-mile standard gauge line was completed on January 29, 1870 between Carson and Virginia City. A 31-mile extension north from Carson City through Franktown, Washoe City, and Steamboat Springs connected the Comstock with transcontinental rail service at Reno in August of 1872.
Primarily controlled by William Ralston, Darius O. Mills and William Sharon on behalf of the Union Mill & Mining Company and the Bank of California, the Virginia & Truckee was efficiently managed by General Superintendent Henry M. Yerington and immediately became a paying success. The completion of the V&T permitted the further development of Comstock mines by allowing the economical reduction of lower grade ores through reduced freight rates to the mills and by increasing the essential supply of lumber, mining timbers, and cord wood for fuel. In addition, well-appointed passenger service to Carson and Virginia City was a by-product of the short line’s connection with transcontinental rails at Reno.
For nearly twenty years the V&T was a major political and economic factor in the growth and development of Western Nevada and Eastern California. During the late 1870s, V&T stockholders divided handsome dividends in excess of $100,000 monthly. Additional financial returns provided the capital for nearly 40 other V&T-affiliated concerns. The 300-mile Carson & Colorado Railroad was built from Mound House, Nevada, to Keeler, California, and was operated by principals of the V&T from 1880 to 1900. V&T dividends funded the establishment of Hawthorne, Nevada, the Hawthorne Water Works, lumbering operations at Lake Tahoe and Southern Nevada, the Columbus Wagon Road to Bodie, a large soda plant at Keeler, and dozens of mining ventures at Aurora, Bodie, Hawthorne, Candelaria, Belleville, Columbus, and Cerro Gordo.
Headquartered at Carson City, a massive complex of railroad shops were erected under the direction of Abraham Curry. The shops were proclaimed by the Central Pacific to be equal to or better than their great locomotive and car building facilities at Sacramento. From these shops poured nearly every conceivable type of essential machinery for communities throughout Nevada, Eastern California, and even Mexico. For decades the Virginia & Truckee was hailed as the wealthiest short line railroad in the world!
With revenues derived from the twentieth century Tonopah boom, a new Virginia & Truckee Railway Company was incorporated in Nevada on June 24, 1905 to purchase the predecessor company and to construct a 15-mile branch south from Carson City to Minden. This branch offered transportation facilities to a growing agricultural and grazing district and resulted in substantial new revenue to the railway until such time as a surface highway was constructed between Reno, Carson City, and Minden in the years 1921-1922. Known today as U.S. Highway 395, the concrete highway completely paralleled the V&T between Reno and Minden and ultimately was the cause of the railway’s red ink operations beginning in 1923. Prior to that time, the V&T was the only efficient means of transportation for freight and passengers between these communities.
During the period 1932-1937, Ogden L. Mills, one of the major stockholders, loaned the railway nearly $95,000 to balance operating deficits until the line was forced to enter voluntary Federal receivership on April 27, 1938. Solid corporate status was not established again until January 18, 1946, under the financial direction of former V&T Auditor Gordon A. Sampson. Starting in 1937, the railroad began selling capital assets to meet monthly working capital obligations. The disappearance of Comstock traffic and the caving of several wood-lined tunnels ushered in the closing of the Carson-Virginia City line in 1938. The rails were removed and sold in late 1941. The resulting $52,000 revenue was again applied as working capital on routine maintenance which had been deferred for over a decade. Additional working capital also came from selling old V&T locomotives and cars to Hollywood studios for use in motion pictures.
For the twenty year period from 1928-1947, the V&T had a net income deficit of $440,605.75 by U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission accounting practices. As early as 1932, officials of the V&T seriously considered total abandonment of the railway in the face of annually mounting loses.
After 80 years of continuous operation, the Virginia & Truckee finally succumbed to the increasing competition of highway truck traffic. The Bonanza short line’s last official revenue train operated on May 31, 1950 between Reno, Carson City, and Minden. Following the local sale of the railway’s structures and properties, the rails between Reno and Minden were finally removed and the famous V&T became but a legend.
By Stephen E. Drew
(Stephen Drew has been researching the V&T for more than four decades. For the past 30 years, he has been Chief Curator of the California State Railroad Museum in Old Sacramento.)
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Fire up the grills, tap the kegs and crank up the tunes for Reno’s best summer kick-off party! Virginia Street will be rockin’ with 2 stages of live blues entertainment, amazing food and more than 40 microbrews from around the world . . . . over 100 specialty beers to sample! Of course, we also feature some local favorites, including the Eldorado’s custom beers made right here at The Brew Brothers.
Don’t forget to bring a big appetite! Food booths will line Virginia Street serving savory dishes, including everything from American favorites hot off the grill to tacos and Korean Barbecue. The Eldorado‘s award-winning food will be also featured, including Gregg’s Q Pit and Geno’s N.Y. Steak Flatbread stand!
Visit Web Site
E-Mail: emarketing@eldoradoreno.com
Phone: 775-786-5700
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The Reno Rodeo is billed as the “Wildest, Richest Rodeo in the West,” and is a Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) sanctioned event. It is a non-profit organization made up of over 400 volunteers, should draw over 140,000 fans, and has been nationally televised. The event has a large impact on the Reno/Sparks economy bringing revenue to hotels, casinos, restaurants, and retail.
The Reno Rodeo Foundation, established in 1986, is the charitable arm of the Rodeo and has donated over $5 million to educational scholarships, special children’ s charities, high school rodeo programs, literacy programs, the Denim Drive to provide new sock, underwear, and school clothing to abused and neglected children in protective custody and foster care, Marvin Picollo school Therapeutic Equestrian Program and the Kids Kampus Acitivity Center. The foundation has donated over $400,000 back to our communtiy in the past year.
Tickets range in price from $12.00 to $25.00 based on seating and performance date, and can be purchased at the following locations: www.renorodeo.com, call Tickets.com at 800-225-2277, Lawlor Events Center Ticket Office on the UNR Campus.
The Rodeo is held at the Reno Livestock Events Center which is located at: 1350 N. Wells Avenue, Reno, NV 89512
Ty Murray, who took home Reno Rodeo 1st place Silver Spurs 4 times, being a Phoenix native, will be inducted into the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the PRCA Hall of Fame in 2000, and won 7 PRCA World Champion all-around titles and 2 PRCA World Champion bull riding titles.
| May 20, 2011 Official Statement by Reno Rodeo Association on EHV-1The Reno Rodeo Committee is well aware of the Equine Herpes Virus (EHV-1) that has surfaced in recent days. We are constantly monitoring factual information available through the various surrounding State Veterinarians and our own Reno Rodeo Vet, Dr. Joe Coli. While unnecessary transport of horses is being discouraged, no state borders have been closed. While there are some horse related events that have been cancelled, they are not rodeos, and we are very concerned with the rumors and misinformation that is existing. At this time, there is no reason for us to cancel our event, as has been inaccurately reported. Our PRCA/WPRA contestant entries took place this week, May 16-20, and the number of entries for Bull Riding, Bareback, Saddle Bronc, Team Roping, Tie Down Roping, Steer Wrestling and Womens Barrel Racing are as strong as always. We are moving forward towards what we expect to be another great year of Reno Rodeo. We hope you will join us. Alan Kingsley, |
