Reno Nevada, Aug 1990

A little look around Reno in 1990, you can see some of the old casinos in view during that period.

[@LA2047]

So many memories. August 13, 1990 in Reno. This would have been right around Hot August Nights and a few weeks before the Balloon Races. This would have been exactly 32 days before I met the mother of my kids and fell embarrassingly in love for the first time. I just just picture the person filming this, balancing one of those briefcase-sized VHS camcorders on his shoulder like he's a field news cameraman. heh. I really wish Reno hadn't changed from this time. You could still get a job and raise a family and buy an affordable home back then. It still had that small city feel, large enough to have just about anything you wanted, but small enough that even our rush hour traffic only lasted five minutes. Now it's unrecognizable as the quaint city in this video.

[@bobcuster8930]

" I really wish Reno hadn't changed from this time" LA- What hasn't changed.? Don't cling to the past. and I say that as someone who loves history. Nostalgia is a great deodorant...

[@dannydougin3925]

@@bobcuster8930 Nostalgia is a great deodorant... Yep and you don't wear any.

[@BlaineJacks]

I met my wife in Sparks, September 29th, 1990. Guess it was in the air

[@PlusUltraAdrian]

Crazy that I found this video. It was recorded exactly 33 years ago today. And I literally just came from visiting downtown Reno for the first time in my life.

[@meloyellowduck]

Those were the good old days. I miss Reno having a mini Vegas vibe.

[@bobcuster8930]

That "mini Las Vegas vibe" is simply is untrue.

[@Rubycon99]

@@bobcuster8930 Lol all your comments are just "nuh uh"

[@XNTN808]

those were the days...thanks a lot

[@piecesofapril2436]

Thank you so much for sharing!! Brings back sooooo many memories for sure. Born and raised! My dad was a Reno police officer and downtown was his beat.

[@antwonsavage3867]

What his name i know alot of them

[@mikecarr1484]

My grandfather was Reno pd for 27 years. Bud buley. Or red.

[@piecesofapril2436]

@@mikecarr1484 my dad possibly knew your grandfather. Robbie Robinson was my dad. When was your grandfather in active duty?

[@piecesofapril2436]

@@antwonsavage3867 Robbie Robinson

[@Alphiethealphaalpaca]

I love Reno...So many good memories there with my family...❤❤❤❤

[@carlosflores4380]

Grew up in reno been here since 93. Its changed sooo much city is growing so fast

[@skyblue6364]

Aww thanks for the memory. I was 2 months old when we moved to Reno. I'm still here😃 I had totally forgot about the Sundowner. Ty

[@hobojoe4817]

I moved to Reno in May 1991. Lived and enjoyed all offered till May 1996. Was good times!!!

[@hobojoe4817]

Did HVAC for Gardner Mechanical Services and saw the insides of all these icons and proud of it!!!!

[@hobojoe4817]

Worked with outstanding techs and engineers. Great times. Thanks to all the boys at Gardner and Teresa, ♥♥♥

[@hobojoe4817]

Handled the F.I. Bank building. Probably rebuilt every one of them valves personally. Good times!

[@samuelestigoy4219]

Thank you so much for Sharing ' I worked in Harrah's before I Joined the Navy in August 1986 . I still keep my Nevada Drivers license for my Memories ❤❤❤

[@postal_the_clown]

We came up in 89 for HAN and that set a series of events in motion that made us frequent visitors, then residents a few years later. Because of car trouble and because we had our new pup, we walked from Gentry/Virginia to Wells/9th a couple times that weekend. So, yes, I remember downtown this way.

[@forrestwinkle1896]

This is awsome the summer of 1990 was the first time i had ever been to Reno. My parents finely took me with them. We stayed at circus circus I was only 14 so I would be able to have fun also. Great video

[@norcalemt02]

I remember going to that grocery store across from circus circles before it was demolished for silver legacy.

[@toddcote2710]

Mayfair market

[@timtiffany4302]

😢

[@michaelrini3654]

That parking lot was for Mayfair Market only!! Had a brand Acura legend in '86! About 4 months old. Came up from Thousand Oaks Ca To visit my cousin and parked in that lot at about 11 pm & we went into The El Dorado to play slots and came out 2AM and there was a boot on my front tire! Never seen one before. It took over 2 hours and many $$$ to get off! Lucky we won some money to help pay the bill. In '93 me and the wife moved up & are still here. Pretty great town then. Now to many cars and people!

[@ryanfresh8521]

I miss Circus Circus when it had those lights that had that waterfall effect. Now it’s these LED lights.

[@mixedflix9147]

Ya LED lights can be irritating at times. Wonder how LED lights appear when doing a video 🤔

[@troysierra5228]

That supermarket between Eldorado and Circus Circus was torn down for the Silver Legacy. Opened in 1995. Railroad tracks between Fitzgerald and Eldorado is now underground. Fitzgerald is now non gambling. Turned to the Whitney Peak Hotel. Harold's Club became Harrah's. Then closed in 2018. Apartments to open in 2024?? The Sundowner became residential timeshares. The Mapes was demolished in 2000. It's become a city square in from of city hall. The Virginia Street Bridge over the Truckee River was demolished in 2017. Rebuilt to look Deco-ish. The Bowling stadium and old city bus terminal on Center Street were built around 2000's. Only to sit almost dyfuct.

[@connormacleod9900]

Thank You For Sharing This Beautiful Video Vlog

[@apuleo8909]

Nice video brings back good memories. Those where Times in Reno.

[@muxz]

So weird to see downtown without Legacy between Eldo and Circus Circus

[@meloyellowduck]

Very true.... but all the more strange to see every thing else gone (Like Fitzgeralds, Harolds, and that really big complex near the end I forget what it even was.)

[@AA-ve9sy]

@@meloyellowduck Del Webb Sahara and then Flamingo Hilton?

[@skyblue6364]

Sundowner?

[@HooDatDonDar]

Yep, there was an all night grocery. With Old slots that advertised ‘mystery pays’ - they would pay on some random combo of symbols as well as the regular. Weird.

[@Set-Apart-By-Grace]

I remember them well...

[@topnotchrc9790]

That bridge over that river we use to drop our fishing lines down there and catch trout when we were kids. Great childhood memories

[@IM2L84F8]

I think that was the Sierra St bridge. Though I do remember the big browns that use to lurk right below the west side of the Virginia street bridge. Yes, I too have fond childhood memories of this special place, cheers.

[@MrRJDB1969]

There's the Reno that I remember. How different we were back in 1990, 1991, etc etc. Too many changes and most of them are for the worse.

[@robertsilva8097]

There used to be a casino right on Virginia Street where they filmed Sister Act the movie where they had Planet Hollywood and dance American Bandstand gift shop / Casino

[@robertthomas2601]

My goodness. Reno is dead today compared to this. Even on weekends. Today once you get past the Cal Neva Club it's crickets. The Virginian I believe is residential now.

[@SantaDog81]

My girlfriend and I almost cried when we saw little Nugget and Harrah's have closed down our last visit. It's almost apocalyptic seeing the addicts and mentally ill running amok around the closed shops and casinos.

[@walterwhite1]

@@SantaDog81 it’s a complete shithole now

[@MichaelMiller-qz4fr]

Perfect michael Miller special thanks reno

[@mtemmefied]

The arch was updated few years before in 87'. Miss the old one!

[@lauriesherrill365]

hot august nights ended a week and a day before the august 13 1990 date on this. and it started events in july. hard to imagine a monday with this much traffic and the street so lit

[@getreal4174]

Lots of memories there too.sad to see RENO becoming a ghost town.

[@ArchsStanton]

Once table games were opened up and differences between Class II and Class III slots were blurred for the tribal casinos the end started rolling for Reno. There was no way in hell that Reno was going to rebrand itself as "northern Las Vegas" as the big corporations were NOT going for it and thus we have the abandoned downtown Reno with the remaining 3 Circus Circus and Eldorado and Silver Legacy are entirely "walled off" from the sidewalks and how long will Cal-Neva hold out....... Downtown Reno is truly an abandoned downtown today.

[@ernestochaides3913]

I didn’t know Circus Circus had its own train back then

[@bobcuster8930]

Circus still has that monorail train...

[@muziklvr7776]

0:40 Ford product starting. Kinda sounds like an EFI 5.0. The good old days.

[@elliemartin6748]

Hot August Nights and the Hot Air Balloon Races! Then in Virginia City, the Emu and Camel races! Wish they still had the Air Races at Steed Base…

[@gregt8638]

I don't see homeless in this video. NICE!

[@dylanrupp8214]

Amazing i was 16 back then, reno was still cool.

[@yoitsjosh]

Mapes looked pretty dope

[@dylanrupp8214]

Love it

[@piecesofapril2436]

Mapes!!!!!

[@angelajaydurante5547]

Amazing memories

[@adamharris7775]

80s-90s.

[@ibberman]

70's

[@edgarpadaoan-sx4ri]

Should have kept the Mapes hotel ! turn it into a condo! It was a classic!

[@robertsilva8097]

I was 16 years old in 1990 on the Day that you were there in Reno recording this I got married in August of 1990 in Reno Nevada to A 25 year old woman she is still my wife when we went on a honeymoon my parents had to come along too because back then you cannot cross state lines even though that person might be your wife or husband each state law is different in the state of Nevada you can be 16 get married with your parent's permission the laws might have changed now back then it was different

[@youdontknowme6298]

Aww right around Hot August Nights haha I got kicked out of the Fitzgeralds during a blizzard back in the day lol

[@robertsilva8097]

I just subscribe to this beautiful Channel

[@marisgarcia6314]

David Peterson,Donde estás?

[@michwashington]

I subscribed because of this video ❤

[@marksitts2290]

Around the time I moved here from the Bay Area.

[@badgerrrlattin35]

One is always aware, in that Virginia Street/Downtowne area when visiting today; of faded glory. Almost a ghost town now, it's so obvious that this was once a bustling hub of activity. I never got to see it in it's "good ole daze" period. At least vids like this can be a testament of what this place was.

[@danc1197]

Legalized gambling in California is what put these Nevada casinos under. Most of the tourists came from California since it's just a short drive away. Now nobody has any reason to travel to these slums when the local casinos are much newer and nicer and not surrounded by bad neighborhoods. Most of them are in outlying areas with no neighboring businesses.

[@connormacleod9900]

Hello To Everyone

[@robertsilva8097]

I hope you'll keep making videos when you can

[@RealityMFiction]

Did el Dorado connect with circus circus and silver legacy back then?

[@shirleytyree276]

TheMiguel... no, it didn't. In Jan 1997 there was a terrible flood in downtown Reno, causing all sorts of destruction and damage. In those days you could walk out of one casino at night, cross the street and walk right into another casino. It was an awesome feeling when you were there at night. Because you would be having such a great time in the casino, and then you went outside to go down the street or across the street to the next, you would be hit with amazing fresh mountain Air and be able to take that in before you went into the next casino. After the flood though, so many of those hotels/casinos fought each other out and connected etcetera, and turn that whole area into what seemed like a great big casino Mall, mostly the silver legacy or things owned by the silver legacy (I hated it actually, and I hated that you could never go outside anymore before just walking quickly next door to the next casino. Since now it was all mostly enclosed indoors. It's a shame how things have to change, and it sure was great watching this video and being able to remember what it was like, and having so many great times down there.

[@elliemartin6748]

We had the absolute best time that was behind Fitrgerlds, they only had penny slots, and you actually used Pennie’s! It faced the RXR tracks. Great memories!

[@relaxinmaxin7246]

I think the Sundowner is condominiums

[@solopractitioner]

When the towns main industry was gaming.

[@armandtoledo6706]

They completely destroyed the architectural history of Reno and the city as well.

[@robertsilva8097]

On the day that you recorded this video some people may not know this but in the city of North Las Vegas they had a specialty police unit I believe they were known as the north Las Vegas necrotic Bureau AKA Nasty Boys they wore black BDU military pants black jackets with ninja mask and on the jacket they had the word police the criminals in North Las Vegas was scared of the specialty unit I'm not sure if it's still together or not to the state the unit

[@danielgreen-q1z]

VCR CAMCORDER, AND A CELL PHONE CALL WAS 3 BUCKS A MINUTE

[@stephengrissette7808]

So cool! Reno is still just as creepy as this video, to this day.

[@robertsilva8097]

Hey I just saw myself in your video I'm somewhat famous now I think damn look at that car damn that car definitely has junk in the trunk damn that car Baby Got Back that one car has a big trunk

[@ArchsStanton]

ALL gone now. The only thing left are El Dorado and Silver Legacy and CircusCircus which are all just indoor malls which only perpetuates killing Downtown traffic. And all the motels that served the non-resort-hotel street casinos are all boarded up and/or fenced off or are struggling as single room occupancy residents serving what little indigent residents there are left in Reno.

[@dylanrupp8214]

Too bad its sucks now.

[@kaiju9149]

Reno is more residential now, doesn't mean that it sucks.

[@ibberman]

@@kaiju9149 Is Sparks dead too?