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Hot August Nights [1] is an annual event held in Reno and Virginia City, Nevada during the first week in August. The event features classic vehicles manufactured before 1979 and is also based on Classic Rock and roll as well. The term Hot August Nights got its name from the weather being hot as it generally is during the month of August. [2]
It holds the Reno Earth Day celebration every year and hosts the Reno Street Food food truck event through the summer months. It is also home to the historic California Building on Cowan Drive. Idlewild park is a 49-acre park that was once just a few ranches owned by Bennett, Murray, and Ferris.
The Reno-Sparks Convention Center is a convention center in the western United States, located in Reno, Nevada. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Opened 60 years ago in 1965 as Centennial Coliseum , [ 1 ] it hosted the Big Sky Conference basketball tournament in 1983 , [ 3 ] and also hosts boxing matches. [ 4 ]
The Nevada–California–Oregon Railway was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad originally planned to connect Reno, Nevada, to the Columbia River. However, only 238 mi (383 km) of track were laid so service never extended beyond Lakeview , Oregon .
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The Reno Events Center is a 7,000-seat multi-purpose arena, located in downtown Reno, Nevada, that was constructed in January 2005. [1]It was the home to the Reno Bighorns of the NBA G League from 2008 to 2018 and to the Reno Barons of the Western Indoor Football Association during their short lived 2011 season.
The most snowfall in Reno in one winter was 72.3 inches (184 cm) in 1915–1916, with an astonishing 65.7 inches (167 cm) in January, the most in a calendar month, as well as 22.5 inches (57 cm) on January 17, the most in a calendar day; the most snowfall in a calendar year was 82.3 inches (209 cm) in 1916.
The first balloon race was held in 1982, with 20 balloons participating. [2] Today, more than 100 balloons participate annually. One of the main shows over the three-day event is the Great Reno Balloon Race, or Dawn Patrol. The term was solidified by the board of trustees when Federal Aviation officials approved predawn flying regulations in ...