Silver Legacy Reno

Silver Legacy Reno
Location Reno, Nevada, U.S.
Address 407 North Virginia Street
Opening date July 28, 1995[1]
Theme Victorian – 19th century
Number of rooms 1,720[1]
Total gaming space 89,200 sq ft (8,290 m2)[1]
Permanent shows None
Signature attractions 120 ft Mining Rig
Notable restaurants Café Central
Flavors! the Buffet
Fresh Express Food Court
Hussong's Cantina-Taqueria
In-Room Dining
Sips Coffee and Tea
Starbucks
Sterling's Seafood Steakhouse
The Pearl Oyster Bar & Grill
Casino type Land-based
Owner Eldorado Resorts
Previous names None
Renovated in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Website silverlegacyreno.com

Silver Legacy Reno is a hotel and casino located in Reno, Nevada, opened on July 28, 1995. It anchors a network of connected hotel-casinos in the downtown Reno core that included Circus Circus Reno and Eldorado Reno and are owned and operated by Eldorado Resorts. It has over 1,700 hotel rooms and suites and is the tallest building in Downtown Reno.[2][3]

Previous joint venture owners of Silver Legacy Reno (along with Eldorado Resorts) were Mandalay Resort Group, formerly known as Circus Circus Enterprises (1995–2005) and MGM Resorts International (2005–2015)

History

In 1992. Don Carano, a Reno attorney and CEO/Chairman of the Eldorado Hotel Casino and Clyde Turner, CEO of Circus Circus Enterprises, joined together to design the Silver Legacy. At the time, Las Vegas was growing and overtaking Reno with larger and more lavish casino-hotels. Carano wanted to create a similar, competitive casino-resort. Its cost was projected at $230 Million. On July 22, 1993, the special use permit was approved to go ahead with the construction on land owned by Carano, two city blocks which would link the new resort with Eldorado and Circus Circus.[4]

Carano and Turner announced the official name of the resort on December 15, 1994. Following a citywide competition to name Reno's newest resort in more than a decade, the winning name "Silver Legacy" was chosen. In June 1995, the Nevada Gaming Commission approved the gaming permit for the resort.[5]

Carano's eldest son served as CEO of the property and later on, his next eldest son, Glenn, would join the executive team at the resort as Director of Marketing. Silver Legacy also made the big screen, first in "Kingpin" in 1996 starring Woody Harrelson and Bill Murray showcasing the newest attractions of Reno, the Silver Legacy and the nearby National Bowling Stadium, too completed in 1995. Glenn Carano made a short appearance in the film and many scenes were shot inside the resort. Later, in 2002, Waking up in Reno starring Patrick Swayze and Natasha Richardson, was filmed inside Silver Legacy. In 2014, Carano was promoted to General Manager of Silver Legacy Reno.

At 41 stories high, the Resort Casino is the largest building in Downtown Reno. It is typically lit green and referred to by many as the "Emerald City" of Reno. In support of the Nevada Wolf Pack, the building will sometimes turn blue. In 2013, a contest was held online to vote on if the building should turn blue permanently, but it was Emerald Green that won the decision.

In July 2013, Silver Legacy founded the Biggest Little City Wing Fest, a three-day chicken wing festival held on Virginia Street in front of the casino. The festival started with just a few local wing cookers but has since grown to feature 25 businesses from around the United States. In 2014, Wing King won an award for the Hottest Hot Wing and Paulie's Pizza won People's Choice Wing.

Strangely, while the resort was established in 1995, an awning on the building's front entrance states that it was established a century earlier in 1895. This may be a nod to the building's 19th century theme.

On July 7, 2015, MGM agreed to sell its properties in Reno (Circus Circus Reno and a 50 percent stake in the Silver Legacy) to Eldorado Resorts for $72.5 million.[6][7] The sale was approved and completed in November later that year.[8][9][10][11][12][13]

Retail

There are eight restaurants inside the Silver Legacy including Sterling's Seafood Steakhouse, Pearl Oyster Bar & Grill, Hussong's Cantina-Taqueria, Flavors! the Buffet, Cafe Central, Fresh Express Food Court, and Starbucks. Pearl Oyster Bar & Grill was opened in 2013 as an ode to Fairchild's, also an Oyster Bar that was open at Silver Legacy until 2012. There are eight retail stores located in the Resort Casino including The Boutique, Tradewinds Casualwear, Reflections, Carriage House, The Gift Shop, and Chester's Harley-Davidson. In 2015, Silver Legacy opened two new retail stores inside including a new children's store named Lil' Big Stuff Kid's Sweet Boutique which sells children's clothing, toys, accessories, and a large variety of retro candy. Libellule Florals is the other retail outlet that opened.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Press Room - General Information". Silver Legacy Resort Casino. Archived from the original on August 21, 2009. Retrieved October 23, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Listing of Financial Statements Square Footage". Nevada Gaming Control Board. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ Walpole, Jeanne Lauf (March 1, 2007). Insiders' Guide to Reno and Lake Tahoe. Globe Pequot. pp. 39–40. ISBN 978-0-7627-4190-8.
  4. ↑ Kling, Dwayne (August 2010). The Rise of the Biggest Little City: An Encyclopedic History of Reno Gaming, 1931-1981. Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-0-87417-829-6.
  5. ↑ Brook, James; Carlsson, Chris; Peters, Nancy J. (January 1, 1998). "The Silver Legacy". Reclaiming San Francisco: History, Politics, Culture. City Lights Books. pp. 89–92. ISBN 978-0-87286-335-4.
  6. ↑ O'Driscoll, Bill (July 7, 2015). "Eldorado to take full ownership of Silver Legacy, Circus Circus". Reno Gazette-Journal. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  7. ↑ Stutz, Howard (July 7, 2015). "MGM sells Reno casino holdings for $72.5 million". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  8. ↑ Morris, J.D. (November 5, 2015). "Sale of two MGM Resorts casinos in Reno gets initial regulatory OK". Vegas Inc. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  9. ↑ Stutz, Howard (November 5, 2015). "Gaming regulators tentatively OK Eldorado's purchase of MGM's Reno casinos". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  10. ↑ Stutz, Howard (November 19, 2015). "Gaming Commission signs off on 3 casino industry buyouts". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Officials OK sale of Circus Circus, Silver Legacy". Associated Press (Reno Gazette-Journal). November 20, 2015. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
  12. ↑ Stutz, Howard (November 24, 2015). "Eldorado completes $72.5M purchase of MGM's Reno properties". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
  13. ↑ Higdon, Mike (November 24, 2015). "It's official: Eldorado Resorts buys Circus Circus and Silver Legacy". Reno Gazette-Journal. Retrieved November 24, 2015.

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