Silver Legacy Reno | |
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Location | Reno, Nevada, U.S. |
Address | 407 North Virginia Street |
Opening date | July 28, 1995 |
Theme | Victorian – 19th century |
No. of rooms | 1,720 |
Total gaming space | 89,200 sq ft (8,290 m2) |
Permanent shows | Laser Light Show |
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 |
Owner | Eldorado Resorts |
Architect | Urban Design Group |
Renovated in | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
Website | silverlegacyreno |
Silver Legacy Reno is a hotel and casino located in Downtown 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 Reno.
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, formerly known as MGM Mirage (2005–2015)
In 1992, Don Carano, a long time 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 in Southern Nevada was growing fast and far overtaking Reno with larger and more lavish casino-hotels. Carano wanted to create a similar, competitive hotel casino-resort. The total 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.
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.
Carano's eldest son, Gary, served as CEO of the property and later on, his next eldest son, Glenn Carano, would join the executive team at the resort as Director of Marketing. In 2014, Glenn became the General Manager while Gary became CEO of Eldorado Resorts, Inc. The Silver Legacy also made the big screen, first in Kingpin in 1996 starring Woody Harrelson and Bill Murray, the movie 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, Billy Bob Thornton, Charlize Theron and Natasha Richardson, was partially filmed inside Silver Legacy. In 2014, Carano was promoted to General Manager of Silver Legacy Reno.