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$40 Million is the Cost to Upgrade and Update Reno Airport

kjb — 2012-01-06T09:42:00-05:00

They’re not getting ‘Move B*tch Mac & Cheese’ like travelers in Atlanta, but despite lack of a Ludacris restaurant there’s still much to be excited about in Reno, Nevada. The Biggest Little City in the World is upgrading their airport, and they’re doing their best to make it one of the best around.

In total airport officials have secured lots of cash to upgrade and update, and it looks like they’re planning to spend around $40 million to spiff things up. Bulldozers and construction crews have already arrived at Reno-Tahoe International Airport as of this week, and the overall plan is to give the airport more of a Lake Tahoe feel and theme. Workers will be at the airport doing their thing for at least a year, as the grand reveal isn’t expected to arrive until April of 2013.

$600,000 to Kim K for Hosting a NYE Party. That's Vegas for Ya.

cmb — 2011-12-28T13:48:06-05:00

After cashing in on a wedding and a move to NYC, Kim Kardashian has found a way to make a few bucks ringing in the New Year.

It's being reported that TAO Nightclub in Las Vegas is paying Kim $600,000 to host multiple events at the venue in 2012, including their New Year's Eve Party.

How to Get Tickets to Heidi Klum's 12th Annual Halloween Bash

cmb — 2011-10-11T12:48:49-05:00

When it comes to Halloween, Heidi Klum is the hostess with the mostest. Her legendary parties bring out celebs like Kim Kardashian, Michelle Trachtenberg, John Legend, and Brooklyn Decker, not to mention some over-the-top costumes.

This year Heidi is moving her 12th annual Halloween bash from NYC to Las Vegas for the first time. The party will be held at TAO on Saturday, October 29 at 10pm with DJ Questlove providing the perfect soundtrack.

Reno Looks So Much Nicer Seen From Above

juliab — 2011-09-27T09:30:02-05:00

We may not have been so impressed with Reno, what with its tattoo shops-slash-wedding-chapels, but there’s no denying the landscape around aint half bad.

Here’s a view of the Reno valley – aka the Truckee Meadows, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada. Look how green it is for a desert! How lush! How beautiful!

We took this on Highway 341, which climbs up, up and up some more (as far as 6789ft at the Geiger Summit), before inching its way down to a mere 6220ft at Virginia City (which is, by the way, a delight), and then winds down to Carson City.

Get a Tattoo, Booze and Your Wedding at the Same Reno Shop

juliab — 2011-09-22T15:45:02-05:00

Things that go with marriage like a horse and carriage: love. Devotion. Bravery. The barfing of your single friends out back.

Oh, and if you’re in Reno, tattoos and discount liquor and cigarettes. How romantic!

They all share a building with the Arch of Reno wedding chapel on Virginia Street. Just the kind of place you’d want to pledge your troth.

If you want something more, uhh, classic, you can go for the Antique Angel wedding chapel, a block further down. It has nice views of the Truckee River!

Seeing a Different Kind of Golden Arches in Reno, Nevada

juliab — 2011-09-21T11:07:39-05:00

It may not be as famous as the Golden Arches, but here’s an arch we always wanted to see: “The Biggest Little City In The World” on Virginia Street in Reno.

We always wanted to go to Reno to check it out as a grubby Vegas but were sold on the idea when we came across a postcard from the 1940s of Reno, with old cars passing under this glorious arch. And we knew we really had to go.

The Reno Arch was built in 1926 in advance of the Transcontinental Highways Exposition the following year, but it was only in 1929 that the slogan was coined, after a competition (the winner got $100 for inventing the phrase).

Rolling Back Decades with the Postcards of Rural Nevada

juliab — 2011-09-19T10:49:24-05:00

So you expect things to be a little bit backward when you leave the bright lights of Vegas for the expanse of nothingness that is the Nevada desert—but 30 years backward? 40, even? That comes as a surprise.

But that's just about how old these postcards of the Las Vegas Strip are that we found on sale in Beatty, NV. Two hours northwest of Vegas on the 95, Beatty's best known for its proximity to Death Valley, its neighboring ghost town, Rhyolite, and its brothels.

What we didn't realise till we got there is just how tiny it is. Scarily tiny. Bad-things-might-happen-to-you tiny. Luckily, a Reno native had advised us to stop at the candy store, so we did. The candy store, by the way, is called Eddie's World and has a massive photo of Eddie the owner on the gas pumps outside. FYI.