![]() Gaming and tourism suffered significant damage. Recalling the state’s halcyon days before economic crisis, former Nevada Congresswoman Shelley Berkley said “Business was booming the real estate market was hot as a pistol.” The real estate market was hot as a pistol”īefore Station’s dreams could become reality, the 2008 recession hit. The Reno City Council approved the proposal in 2006 and Station made several land purchases, including the large 88.8-acre property in south Reno. Plans included gaming, retail projects, underground parking, and three 225 foot-high hotel towers, containing 900 rooms. In 2005, the gaming company proposed an ambitious $500m development near the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. Time and again, Station attempted to enter the Reno market, only for a combination of local resistance and economic downturns to knock it back. ![]() Station’s recent decision to sell both properties has a backstory with all the twists and turns of a Shakespearean tragedy. Las Vegas-based Station Casinos has listed its #Reno land properties for sale, including the site of a proposed project that would have been its first casino in The Biggest Little City #gambling- Jason Hidalgo SeptemSerial setbacks ![]()
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