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East Reno

East of downtown along 2nd Street, five to ten minutes.

Where the Grand Sierra Resort, the Nevada State Fairgrounds and Reno-Tahoe International Airport are.

East Reno is functional rather than charming, and it holds three things a visitor is likely to want: the airport, the fairgrounds where the Reno Rodeo runs, and the Grand Sierra Resort.

The Grand Sierra is the largest property in the city and effectively its own destination — theatre, aquatic centre, kart track, driving range. It is also not walkable to anything, which is the standing trade-off with staying there.

The airport is unusually close to the city: about eleven minutes to a downtown hotel, which is among the shortest airport transfers of any American city its size.

Good for

  • The Grand Sierra and its theatre
  • The Reno Rodeo at the fairgrounds
  • Being close to the airport

Getting around

Not walkable. Everything here assumes a vehicle.

Should you stay here?

Only really for the Grand Sierra, which is a destination in its own right — theatre, kart track, driving range, aquatic centre — and for being close to the airport. It is a stay-on-property choice.

What it costs you

  • Isolated. Nothing is walkable, and rideshares to downtown are a standing cost across a trip.
  • The Grand Sierra is very large; getting from a room to the theatre is a genuine walk.

Do you need a car?

Yes, unless you are staying at the Grand Sierra and not leaving it. The airport is close enough that a hire car is easy to collect.

When it is at its best

Whatever the Grand Sierra's programme is doing. Outside the property this is a functional part of town rather than a place to spend an evening.

Staying here

Venues here

What’s on here

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