The Grand Sierra Resort is a resort hotel located approximately two miles east of Downtown Reno, Nevada. The hotel has 1,995 guest rooms and suites, 10 restaurants, and a casino with 80,000 square feet (7,400 m) of space. The hotel also has a shopping center, wedding chapel, pool, convention center, 50-lane bowling alley, a Lucky's Race & Sports Book, golfing and an RV park.
The property first opened in 1978 as the MGM Grand — the world's largest...
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The Grand Sierra Resort is a resort hotel located approximately two miles east of Downtown Reno, Nevada. The hotel has 1,995 guest rooms and suites, 10 restaurants, and a casino with 80,000 square feet (7,400 m) of space. The hotel also has a shopping center, wedding chapel, pool, convention center, 50-lane bowling alley, a Lucky's Race & Sports Book, golfing and an RV park.
The property first opened in 1978 as the MGM Grand — the world's largest hotel casino at the time, with 26 stories, 1,015 rooms on a 145-acre (0.59 km) site. The construction cost 130 million dollars. On June 3, 1978 Donn Arden's "Hello Hollywood Hello" debuted. An expansion in 1981 increased the rooms to 2,001. In 1986 the property along with the MGM Grand in Las Vegas were sold to Bally Gaming Corp. Both resorts were re-branded as Bally's. In early 1992, Harveys Lake Tahoe entered a bidding war with Hilton Hotels Corporation over the right to buy the resort. Harveys announced an agreement on a $70 million deal,...
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