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The Wilbur D. May Center is an attraction located in Rancho San Rafael Regional Park at 1595 North Sierra, Reno, Nevada. The facility comprises the Wilbur D. May Museum and the Wilbur D. May Arboretum and Botanical Garden. Previously, it also included the Great Basin Adventure, a children's park.
The Great Reno Balloon Race is the largest free hot-air ballooning event in the United States, held on the first weekend after Labor Day. [1] The GRBR draws an average crowd of 140,000 each year, making it the largest free event in Northern Nevada. [2] The race includes entrants from across United States as well as numerous other countries.
Rancho San Rafael was a 36,403-acre (147.32 km 2) Spanish land grant in the San Rafael Hills, bordering the Los Angeles River and the Arroyo Seco in present-day Los Angeles County, southern California, given in 1784 to Jose Maria Verdugo.
Downtown Reno, including the city's famous arch over Virginia Street Silver Legacy Hotel with Downtown Reno in the background Reno skyline in June 2006 Reno skyline in September 2014 Until the 1960s, Reno was the gambling capital of the United States, but Las Vegas's rapid growth, American Airlines ' 2000 buyout of Reno Air and the growth of ...
The Sierra Nevada Zoological Park, formerly the Sierra Safari Zoo, was a zoo north of Reno, Nevada, United States. [3] Opening in 1989, it grew to become the zoo that housed more exotics in the state.
The NFL moved the Los Angeles Rams’ playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings out of Southern California on Thursday, the biggest of several changes to the sports calendar after days of ...
The Poeville Fire was a wildfire that burned on Peavine Mountain near Reno in Nevada, United States.The fire was reported on June 26, 2020. It burned 2,975 acres (1,204 ha) and was contained on July 6, 2020.
In 1996, a group of business and arts executives in the Reno, Nevada (United States) Arts and Culture Commission developed a plan to use the arts to improve the city's self-image and give locals a reason to visit downtown. The idea was to highlight the community's cultural depth, ignite civic pride, and channel the economic and cultural rebirth ...