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There have been three Reno arches. The first was installed in 1926 and has been preserved
over Lake Street near Mill. The second arch stood over Virginia Street from 1963 to 1987
and was donated to Willits, California when it was replaced by the present arch.
More pictures of the present arch in Reno Arch 1 and the first arch in Landmarks 1 and Downtown. |
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The National Bowling Stadium opened on Center Street in 1995. The 330,000 square foot building includes 80 tournament bowling lanes and a 172-seat Iwerks theater. The screen is flat, unlike the wrap-around Imax system. See more pictures of the Bowling Stadium in Uptown 2 and Skylines 1. |
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There are 410.67 miles of
Interstate 80 in Nevada. It is the second longest interstate freeway
at 2,907 miles from San Francisco
to Hackensack, New Jersey.
Pictures of I-80 through Reno
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There are about 15,000 hotel rooms and 4,700 daily rental motel rooms in the Reno area.
The two largest hotels are the Grand Sierra Resort, formally the Reno Hilton, with 2,001 rooms
and the Silver Legacy with 1,720. The Circus Circus/Silver Legacy/Eldorado complex downtown,
seven square blocks connected indoors by walkways, has over 4,000 rooms.
Pictures of the Reno Hilton in Around Town and the tri-properties in Uptown 1 and Uptown 2. |
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Nevada was the fastest growing state in 2002, increasing 3.6% to 2,173,491, and in July, 2006, the state population was 2,495,529. The U.S. Census Bureau reported Reno's population in 2000 as 180,480 and for Washoe County it was 339,486. Reno area pictures are in
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Nevada had 198,080 licensed slot machines on July 1, 2008 according to the State Gaming Control Board.
There were 3,230 twenty-one games
and 3,906 other games including live poker, baccarat, craps, roulette,
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Nevada was admitted to the Union
as the 36th state on October 31, 1864.
It has 110,540 square miles, 7th largest in the United States. About 85 percent of the state is controlled by the federal government. Pictures of the Nevada state capital are available
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In September, 2004, the average price of a gallon of unleaded gasoline in Reno was $2.15. Of that amount, about 53 cents per gallon was collected as taxes. These pictures are from
Central Nevada 2 and
Southern Nevada 1. |
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The $282 million Reno Transportation Rail Access Corridor (ReTRAC) train trench project was started in early 2003 and was completed in 2006. The 2.1 mile trench put Union Pacific trains 33 feet below ground level and eliminated 11 at-grade crossings. See pictures of the project in City Views 3. |
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Reno was the largest city in the state in 1940 with 20,000 residents. The city slipped to number two, after Las Vegas, in the 60's and became the third largest city, behind Henderson, in 1999. The Reno population estimate in 2007 was 210,100 and Sparks was 92,000. The Washoe County metropolitan area estimate including Reno, Sparks, Lemmon Valley, Sun Valley and Spanish Springs was 418,061. |
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The flight to Las Vegas is the most popular at Reno International Airport with 15 round-trip flights and about 2,000 seats a day. The flights are 80 percent full with nearly 625,000 passengers in 2006. The number two route is the Los Angeles market at 300,000 passengers per year. |
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In 2004 Harrahs purchased the Park Place/Caesars Entertainment group giving the expanded company a total of 53 properties, 98,000 employees and almost $6 billion in revenues. In addition to the Harrahs and Harveys casino/hotels the company also owns the Caesars, Hilton, Flamingo, Bally's, Grand and Paris properties. |
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In 2004 MGM Mirage merged with Mandalay Bay. The new company gives MGM 28 properties, 70,000 employees and more than $6 billion in revenues, surpassing Harrahs. Brand names include Mirage, Bellagio, Circus Circus, Luxor and Mandalay Bay. MGM controls 11 properties and almost half the 73,000 hotel rooms on the Las Vegas strip. |
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Nevada Magazine, established in 1936, prints 83,000 copies of each issue. Nevada circulation is 27% and California accounts for 19%. Approximately 28,000 of the print run, 34%, is sent to travel agents and tour companies. |
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The Washoe County School District includes Reno-Sparks, Incline Village, Gerlach, Empire and Wadsworth and is among the 50 largest school districts in the nation. It includes 93 elementary, middle and high schools. Enrollment in September, 2007 was 63,635 and the district was the largest employer in the county with 7,411 employees. |
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The second largest employer in the county in 1998 was Washoe Health System with 3,216 employees followed by Federal employees, 2,864; John Ascuaga's Nugget, 2,700; Silver Legacy, 2,600; University of Nevada Reno, 2,577; Washoe County, 2,550; Eldorado, 2,500; Reno Hilton, 2,300; and International Game Technology, 2,224. |
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The Reno Police Department had 314 commissioned employees in 1999. Sparks had 81 and the Washoe County Sheriff's Office had 420. |
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Reno curfew ordinance for those under 18: 12 midnight to 5 AM. However, downtown Reno has a more restrictive curfew from 9 PM to 5 AM. Sparks curfew is 11 PM to 6 AM on school days and midnight to 5 AM weekends. |
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The state had an estimated wild horse population of 21,946 and a wild burro population of 517 in 1998. The figures are for horses and burros that are unbranded, unclaimed, and live on public land. |
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Nevada had a total labor force of 1,011,100 in November, 2000. There were 127,000 federal, state and local government employees, 12.5 percent of the total labor force. |
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