Reno living conditions?
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Hey Bob
Dont mean to derail this thread, but Im wondering how difficult it is/has been to play on a regular basis in a small sd'er town. Also, just loved reading you reflect on the good ol days of Vegas. Being a counter from Canada, reading that stuff is like a kid reading about a science fiction novel or something; gets you all excited, but you know personally you will never experience it. Thanks for the memories !
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Hey Bob
Dont mean to derail this thread, but Im wondering how difficult it is/has been to play on a regular basis in a small sd'er town. Also, just loved reading you reflect on the good ol days of Vegas. Being a counter from Canada, reading that stuff is like a kid reading about a science fiction novel or something; gets you all excited, but you know personally you will never experience it. Thanks for the memories !
Not even close. There's TONS of opportunity there. It's more like I've burned out Salt Lake City.
Wendover's great but it's still an hour and a half away and I would prefer not to have to drive 3 hours round trip just to get my blackjack on. I would much prefer to drive 15 minutes, especially as I would like to hit the casinos 3x a week or so.
Wendover's great but it's still an hour and a half away and I would prefer not to have to drive 3 hours round trip just to get my blackjack on. I would much prefer to drive 15 minutes, especially as I would like to hit the casinos 3x a week or so.
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The Harold(')s Club Legacy
For one familiar with Reno's history the story of Harold's Club is legendary. To put it in a nutshell, it is comparable to that of Binnion's Horseshoe. Lot's of history (60 years) in one building. It was originally built by Harold Smith and subsequently purchased by the one and only Howard Hughes and ended up finally in the hands of the Smiths' archrival Harrah's Inc.
Harold's was the first casino to employ women as dealers (very good idea!), opened a museum that depicted Indian life in the area and perhaps most memorably, old man was really dedicated to his customers, good cheap food, liberal games and he even had a policy of handing out $5 chips/coupons to the poor souls from the Bay Area for gas back home. That last gesture kept us pathetic college kids from S.F. coming back for more punishment time after time. It's those fond memories as well as their famous road signs which influenced me to memorialize it in my avitar.
For one familiar with Reno's history the story of Harold's Club is legendary. To put it in a nutshell, it is comparable to that of Binnion's Horseshoe. Lot's of history (60 years) in one building. It was originally built by Harold Smith and subsequently purchased by the one and only Howard Hughes and ended up finally in the hands of the Smiths' archrival Harrah's Inc.
Harold's was the first casino to employ women as dealers (very good idea!), opened a museum that depicted Indian life in the area and perhaps most memorably, old man was really dedicated to his customers, good cheap food, liberal games and he even had a policy of handing out $5 chips/coupons to the poor souls from the Bay Area for gas back home. That last gesture kept us pathetic college kids from S.F. coming back for more punishment time after time. It's those fond memories as well as their famous road signs which influenced me to memorialize it in my avitar.
Quick update. . .
I talked to a girl from Reno and she had some interesting opinions. All in all, she didn't seem to care too much for the place. She said that the fact that everything is brown and the lack of greenery causes depression in a lot of people. She also mentioned that a lot of the guys there have a hard time finding available women and usually end up having to venture over into California to find something acceptable.
Hmm. . .
I talked to a girl from Reno and she had some interesting opinions. All in all, she didn't seem to care too much for the place. She said that the fact that everything is brown and the lack of greenery causes depression in a lot of people. She also mentioned that a lot of the guys there have a hard time finding available women and usually end up having to venture over into California to find something acceptable.
Hmm. . .
