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Are reno casinos closed1/4/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() There were many proponents of casinos, who pointed to helpful tax dollars and to their key role in the city’s history, culture and identity, and the many jobs provided, but also many frustrated contributors who complained of the look and feel of our downtown on most days - the passed out and the end of their rope gamblers laid out in front of corner stores with kitschy offerings, pawn shops with the most random of items, and boarded up shops painted over with murals in yet another display of local “art washing.” ![]() When there’s talk of revitalizing our downtown, or working on new bike lanes, the casinos are often the elephants in the room, sometimes overlooked, but when it comes down to it central to any decision and still all imposing.Īfter several requests for comments via our multiple social media channels, the responses we received on our query about casinos and our downtown future were illuminating, with anecdotes which could fill a book. As local attention keeps being fixated on the rebranded Sands J Resort on Arlington Ave., we often wonder about our downtown Virginia street section, and what its still operational casinos and recently faltered ones mean to the present and future of Reno? ![]()
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