I think you’ll like that the show is in Reno instead of those other areas. The venue itself will be top-notch, as well the amenities at the host hotel if I manage to book the grand Sierra resort. You can reach all of those other wonderful areas within 30 minutes, as Reno is central to all of them.

The old downtown is still kind of bleak, but not as bad as many would have you believe. WAY more areas of Vegas are more sketchy. Midtown is undergoing a LOT of renovations and it’s quite nice, especially if you want to walk around and do some upscale bar crawling without driving. There are 4 nice poker rooms (one in GSR where I hope to have the show).