GSR building 1 Billion Dollar entertainment district and 10,000 seat arena that Nevada Basketball will play in.

[bigd]

On 9/26/2023 at 9:26 PM, ---I GREEN INFECTION I--- said:

 

 

It is “complicated” where there are two different definitions for “event.”  In one context “event” could be a meet or competition between other schools.  In the other, it could be a specific discipline, like shot put, javelin, or discus.

@bigd did a very good job of making the distinction.  ¡Thx!  

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No one has yet to comment on where UNR’s T&F competitions are held.  One guy said “...not in Reno.”  Yet nothing else.  Is it a guarded secret?  

 

 

Only some schools have the required facilities to host track meets. Nevada travels for all meets, which isn’t uncommon.

In fact, looking at CSU’s track schedule they don’t host any meets, making me think they also may not have the proper facilities to host.

 

Sports like track, golf, cross country, etc are unique because they have regional meets with many schools competing rather than traditional home/away games with two schools competing.

[Nevada Convert]

On 9/26/2023 at 8:06 PM, thatsmymammy said:

BBall Arena is not the issue. The football stadium sucks, now that would be a game changer, not Lawlor. 

I totally agree.

[Nevada Convert]

Someone should quickly invite Elon Musk to the presser. Tesla Stadium.  

[LakesideVibes]

On 9/26/2023 at 9:36 PM, bigd said:

Only some schools have the required facilities to host track meets. Nevada travels for all meets, which isn’t uncommon.

In fact, looking at CSU’s track schedule they don’t host any meets, making me think they also may not have the proper facilities to host.

 

Sports like track, golf, cross country, etc are unique because they have regional meets with many schools competing rather than traditional home/away games with two schools competing.

https://nevadasportsnet.com/news/reporters/inside-the-rscvas-22-month-journey-to-land-reno-a-world-class-indoor-track-facility

Starting next winter the convention center is supposed to be getting an indoor track that the university can use and will be used to host meets in the future at various levels as well

[wolf from 73]

The Moody Center was built last year for 375 mil so we could expect something similar. 

[Nevada Convert]

T-Mobile Arena cost $375 million, but I don’t think that’s adjusted for inflation. We don’t need 18,000 seats for basketball, though. I’d like to see 12,500-13,000, though. That would be dumb to go smaller than Lawlor.

[Iam4wyo]

On 9/26/2023 at 6:01 PM, wolfan said:

How long since you've been there?  The new owners have put a ton of money into it.

It has been 4 years - the 2019 Nugget Rib Cookoff.  We stayed at the property, and it was dated, dirty, and nothing like it was when it was the Reno Hilton.  I think Charlie Palmer was in there, and it was equally as awful.  But hey, from the amount of pushback I received for my original comment - I stand corrected.  

[bigd]

On 9/27/2023 at 7:19 AM, Nevada Convert said:

T-Mobile Arena cost $375 million, but I don’t think that’s adjusted for inflation. We don’t need 18,000 seats for basketball, though. I’d like to see 12,500-13,000, though. That would be dumb to go smaller than Lawlor.

As was mentioned on the Nevada board, they should make it big enough to host NCAA tournament games. That would definitely be fun. 12-14k sounds about right. 

[UofNPackFan]

On 9/26/2023 at 2:47 PM, Nevada Convert said:

Meruelo has an interesting portfolio. He’s about to build a new arena for his NHL Arizona Coyotes team in Mesa. He owns the Sahara casino in Vegas, owns some TV and radio stations in LA including the legendary KLOS rock radio station. And owns other stuff. Must be nice to be a billionaire. 

He made a crap ton of money off of buying the GSR,  IIRC he bought that place when recession was in play for like $250 million or something close to that.  Now I think the GSR is worth over $750 million, maybe over $1bil. 

[BacksThePack]

On 9/27/2023 at 7:23 AM, bigd said:

As was mentioned on the Nevada board, they should make it big enough to host NCAA tournament games. That would definitely be fun. 12-14k sounds about right. 

Exactly. If Boise can host tourney games, Reno sure as heck can. And I doubt visiting fans would complain unless they donated more to the economy than anticipated.

[battle.borne]

On 9/26/2023 at 3:53 PM, Iam4wyo said:

Ok.  You know me.  

I live in Reno and I worked in gaming.  The GSR is not a shitbox and the current ownership group has done everything to make the property on par with Peppermill and Atlantis.   

[battle.borne]

On 9/26/2023 at 4:25 PM, DestinFlPackfan said:

Is the driving range still there?

Big changes happening there too... The rumors I'm hearing are incredibly bullish!

[Iam4wyo]

On 9/27/2023 at 11:38 AM, battle.borne said:

I live in Reno and I worked in gaming.  The GSR is not a shitbox and the current ownership group has done everything to make the property on par with Peppermill and Atlantis.   

Fair enough. 

It WAS a shitbox (to correct myself), likely even before Hilton sold it in what - 05 or 06?  I have lived in Reno myself, and have frequented on countless occasions.  

[battle.borne]

On 9/27/2023 at 10:43 AM, Iam4wyo said:

Fair enough. 

It WAS a shitbox (to correct myself), likely even before Hilton sold it in what - 05 or 06?  I have lived in Reno myself, and have frequented on countless occasions.  

It's all good.  They've done yeomans work to bring the property back to life.

[Ram1554]

On 9/26/2023 at 9:36 PM, bigd said:

Only some schools have the required facilities to host track meets. Nevada travels for all meets, which isn’t uncommon.

In fact, looking at CSU’s track schedule they don’t host any meets, making me think they also may not have the proper facilities to host.

 

Sports like track, golf, cross country, etc are unique because they have regional meets with many schools competing rather than traditional home/away games with two schools competing.

Not to go too far off topic, but I don’t recall CSU recently hosting an indoor track meet. However, we do host the Jack Christiansen Invitational outdoor meet on our campus. 
 

Anyways, it sounds like a congrats is in order for the new Pack basketball facilities. It is great news for the MWC if it helps get Nevada back to winning NCAAT games like in 2004/2018. 

[Slapdad]

On 9/27/2023 at 11:48 AM, UofNPackFan said:

He made a crap ton of money off of buying the GSR,  IIRC he bought that place when recession was in play for like $250 million or something close to that.  Now I think the GSR is worth over $750 million, maybe over $1bil. 

To be fair, the valuation of the property hasn't made him money (yet). If the property is profitable, that's another story, but it sounds like he (the company) is also investing a lot of money as well. 

[battle.borne]

On 9/27/2023 at 11:02 AM, Slapdad said:

To be fair, the valuation of the property hasn't made him money (yet). If the property is profitable, that's another story, but it sounds like he (the company) is also investing a lot of money as well. 

I can assure you he is making a killing.  

[Iam4wyo]

On 9/27/2023 at 11:52 AM, battle.borne said:

It's all good.  They've done yeomans work to bring the property back to life.

That is actually great to hear, I have some very solid memories in that place...it was a great concert venue in the early to mid 90's with acts like Tracy Lawrence, Mark Chestnut, Sammy Kershaw, and similar...

[UNLV2001]

The University of Nevada’s basketball team could have a new off-campus home by 2026 under an ambitious 10-year expansion plan that Reno’s largest hotel-casino announced Wednesday.

The nearly $1 billion private capital investment will be the biggest in the city's history, according to officials of the Grand Sierra Resort.

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In addition to the new 10,000-seat sports, concert and special events arena, the expansion plans for the 140-acre (57-hectare) property include a new 800-room hotel tower, 300 riverfront residential units to help address workforce housing shortages and Las Vegas-like water shows, the company said.

“The vision is to transform GSR into a destination where community, sports and entertainment come together,” resort owner Alex Mereulo said in a statement ahead of a news conference in Reno.

Mereulo and University of Nevada President Brian Sandoval said in the statement that they intend to announce “the exploration of a partnership with the Nevada men’s basketball team, which could make the arena their home beginning with the fall 2026 season.”

The new arena will cover approximately 300,000 square feet (27,871 square meters), including suites and premium hospitality clubs.

“The University of Nevada, Reno is excited to explore the opportunity to partner with Alex Mereulo and Grand Sierra Resort as they develop a state-of-the-art arena and entertainment district that is unprecedented in Northern Nevada," said Sandoval, a 1986 Nevada graduate who served two terms as governor before he was appointed university president in 2020.

The Wolf Pack of the Mountain West Conference has played its games on campus at the 11,500-seat Lawlor Events Center since it opened in 1983. Before that, the team played at the Reno-Sparks convention center south of downtown.

The 2,000-room resort, located along U.S. Interstate 80 a couple miles from the main downtown casino drag, boasted the largest casino floor in North America when it opened as the MGM in 1978. It later flew under the banners of Bally's and the Reno Hilton. It's been the Grand Sierra Resort since 2006.

Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve said the historic investment would be a "true game changer for our community.”

“It’s a massive win for our citizens, a win for the University of Nevada and a win for tourism," she said in a statement.

Last year, Las Vegas hosted Sweet 16 games for the NCAA basketball tournament at T-Mobile Arena on the Vegas Strip. But before that, the NCAA Tournament had avoided Nevada altogether because sports gambling is legal here. The governing body for collegiate athletics even had a policy prohibiting its championship events from being played in Nevada.

With legal sports betting spreading across the country, the NCAA now has no qualms about crowning its champions in Las Vegas. Others include hockey’s Frozen Four in 2026 and the Final Four in 2028.

[wolf from 73]

https://nevadasportsnet.com/news/reporters/grand-sierra-resort-plans-1-billion-entertainment-district-that-includes-new-home-arena-for-nevada-basketball                                   https://x.com/ByChrisMurray/status/1707129734323470342?s=20