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            <author>dhughes@dicksonrealty.com (David Hughes)</author>
            <title>Downtown Reno Heading in a New Direction</title>
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The recession has hit downtown Reno in a crazy way and the trend is not exactly what Reno officials were looking for. They were working for a mix of housing, shops and restaurants to help the faultering casino industry. The reason for the downturn in casino gaming is the Indian casinos in California which are just about three hours away.
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The problem is the elephant in the room, which was Nevada's real estate crash. Reno's downtown condo market has floundered.&nbsp; The biggest project... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:16:49 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Reno Aces Sell out in 30 minutes</title>
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April 4 single game tickets went on sale and they sold out the first game in 30 minutes. There are still some great half and full season packages available. The Reno Aces who is the farm team for the Arizona Diamond backs will open their season on April 17 against the &quot;Salt Lake City Bees&quot;. Our Aces are in the Pacific Coast Triple A baseball league and will be facing other opponents such as the Albuquerque Isotopes and the Sacramento River Cats. 

I don't know if a lot of people kno... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:03:47 -0500</pubDate>
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            <title>10 Fun Things To Do In and Around the Reno Area (Number 3)</title>
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Go to a UNR game



The University of Nevada-Reno has a lot going on for all of us to enjoy.

Mens Basketball games are very entertaining from the second you step into Lawlor Events Center.&nbsp; The crowd will already be loud and cheering, awaiting the arrival of the Wolf Pack to step onto the court.&nbsp; The team is fairly young, but the games have been really good and most have been nail biters up to the end of the game.&nbsp; The average home game attendance is approx. 7059 screaming fans.... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:39:03 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>dhughes@dicksonrealty.com (David Hughes)</author>
            <title>10 Fun Things To Do In and Around the Reno Area (Number 2)</title>
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Let&rsquo;s go skiing
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Reno is a great area for skiers.&nbsp; There are 18 ski areas that are reachable within an hours drive of Reno.&nbsp; That&rsquo;s right, 18 ski resorts that offer great skiing, snowboarding and cross country skiing. &nbsp;With the high elevations in Tahoe and the Donner Summit areas we get up to about 20 foot snow packs which means you can sometimes ski from November to the beginning on July.&nbsp; Everyone loves the spring ski season.&nbsp; You can go ski in the ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:17:21 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>dhughes@dicksonrealty.com (David Hughes)</author>
            <title>10 Fun Things To Do In and Around the Reno Area</title>
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(This is the 1st in a series of blogs about the many fun things to do in Reno and the surrounding areas)
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Take a drive to Virginia City (about 23 miles outside Reno) and plan to stay for a few hours.&nbsp; It&rsquo;s about a 30 &ndash; 45 minute drive up a curvy road and well worth it.&nbsp; Park your car and walk up the old wooden walkways to all the stores, saloons, museums and more.&nbsp; Take a train ride through the historic mining areas, it takes about 35 minutes.&nbsp; T... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:19:32 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Downtown Reno moving forward</title>
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Despite the bad economy there are about six construction sites still plugging along in downtown Reno. Baseball is the driving force with the Triple A Reno Aces set to open their season next April in their new downtown stadium expected to bring approximately 5,000 people to the area. There will also be an entertainment district including shops and restaurants.&nbsp; There will also&nbsp;be a renovation of the historic Freight house that will be converted to a restaurant. The Hyatt hotel... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:23:12 -0600</pubDate>
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            <title>Sparks Whitewater Park Has Cloud Over It</title>
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Well, Reno built one why can&rsquo;t Sparks follow its big brother and be able to have a little white water fun? &nbsp;It was an overwhelming success in the downtown Reno area and was a catalyst for the downtown re-gentrification. The problem, according to the Nevada office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is that it threatens the ability of Native fish to return to their spawning grounds. The big difference in the two projects is that the Reno Park was built on an already... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 12:30:14 -0600</pubDate>
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