The Riverwalk District
Renaissance Reno Downtown
Non-gaming, by the river and the ballpark — the quietest central option.
The Riverwalk District
The stretch of the Truckee River through downtown, with Wingfield Park, the whitewater park and the restaurants and galleries along the banks.
The Riverwalk is the strip of downtown that follows the Truckee — an easy, shaded, genuinely pleasant walk that most visitors do not realise is there until they stumble onto it.
The whitewater park at Wingfield Park is the centrepiece: an engineered set of drops in the middle of the city, free, open to anyone, and full of people on any hot afternoon. It is a strange and good thing for a city of this size to have.
The river is snowmelt and it is cold even in July. That is a fact worth knowing before you get in rather than after.
Good for
- A free afternoon in the middle of town
- The whitewater park
- Walking somewhere pleasant without leaving downtown
Getting around
Entirely walkable, and the most pleasant walking in the city centre.
Should you stay here?
A good middle answer: you are still walkable to everything downtown, but off the casino floors and beside the one genuinely pleasant walk in the city. The Renaissance sits here, non-gaming and quiet, a few minutes from the ballpark.
What it costs you
- Very little choice — this is a small district with a handful of properties.
- The river is the attraction, so a winter stay loses most of the reason to be here.
- It is quiet at night in a way the casino core is not, which is either the point or a disappointment depending on what you came for.
Do you need a car?
Not needed. This is inside the walkable core, and the ballpark, Wingfield Park and the whitewater park are all on foot.
When it is at its best
A daytime and early-evening district. The whitewater park is at its best on a hot afternoon, and the riverside restaurants carry into the evening — but the late night happens two blocks north on the casino floors.