The new plans comprised nearly 21,000 square feet of casino space that included a sportsbook, a sports bar, and mobile wagering kiosks. The company also came back with a new proposal in front of the Reno City Council, this time for a more scaled-down project on the corner of South Virginia Street and Kietzke Lane. Two years later, the company listed the property for sale as well. Station then pulled off the property from the market in November 2016 following an article by the Reno Gazette Journal about the listing. The proposal, which was approved by the Reno City Council in 2006, was accompanied by several land purchases by the company, including large vacant parcels in south Reno.Ī couple of years later, however, the real estate bubble popped nationwide. Nevada, which was overly reliant on real estate and construction at the time, ended up being one of the hardest-hit states by the Great Recession as foreclosures flooded the market while gaming and tourism also saw a significant hit.īy 2014, Station Casinos started selling some of its land in Reno but still held onto its 89-acre property on Mount Rose Highway. The proposed project boasted three 225-foot-high hotel towers as well as several spaces for retail. Each time, Station’s plans ended up facing resistance from some local hotel-casino operators as well as unexpected economic headwinds.īack in 2005 when the Nevada economy was booming, Station came up with an ambitious proposal to build a large $500 million project that offered gaming as well as 900 hotel rooms. The listing of both properties is the latest development in the long-running saga involving the Las Vegas-based gaming company’s efforts to break into the Reno market. The listings were made on Commercial Real Estate Exchange's website, the Reno Gazette-Journal reports. One of the properties is a large 89-acre piece of vacant land on Mount Rose Highway in south Reno, and the other is an eight-acre property on a high-traffic location near the Reno-Sparks Convention Center and Reno Town Mall where Station once planned to build a new casino and family center. Each time, Station’s plans ended up facing resistance from some local hotel-casino operators as well as unexpected economic headwinds.Īs Station Casinoscontinues to deal with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Nevada’s gaming industry, the company listed on Saturday all of its land in Reno for sale, including the site of a proposed casino.

The listing of the eight-acre property where Station once planned to build a new casino and family center is the latest development in the Las Vegas-based gaming company’s efforts to break into the Reno market.

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