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City in the United States
Photo: Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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This is the center of downtown Sparks and features casinos, restaurants, a movie theater, and several redevelopment projects under construction. Home to the "Best in the West" Rib Cookoff every summer.
4000 square feet of indoor exhibit space and an outdoor train exhibit consisting of a Steam Locomotive, a Caboose and a Pullman Business Car.
Has recreational water activities, beaches, picnic areas, fishing, playgrounds and dog parks.
They make a moonshine, a vodka and a rum. Call for tours/tastings.
Happy hour from 3:30-5:30PM.
Reservations recommended
Only brewhouse in Sparks. Happy hour is from 3-6PM. Has another location further south in Reno.
The Sparks Scheels location is the largest sporting goods store in the world.
By train
Amtrak's California Zephyr passes through Sparks but does not stop here. The nearest operational railway station is in Reno.
By bus
Eastern Sierra Transit and Greyhound Lines stop at the RTC Centennial Plaza Transit Center on 1421 Victorian Avenue.
By car
From the east, take Interstate 80. From Reno in the west either Interstate 80, McCarran Blvd (SR 659) or other surface streets.
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