The Jacobs Entertainment 245 North Arlington apartments where a motel once stood now has a pre-leasing begins sign.
According to its website, a two-bedroom there goes for $2,400 with a studio priced at $1,500.
The Jacobs attorney Garrett Gordon has indicated people moving into the apartment will be required to sign a disclosure acknowledging they are next to a new future outdoor festival space, sketched out to be able to attract 15-thousand people.
Its conditional use permit is on the agenda for a Ward 1 NAB meeting next week, before going to the planning commission next month.
A city of Reno email detailed its location “on seven parcels generally located south of Third Street, east of Ralston Street, and west of North Arlington Avenue. The site is located in the Mixed-Use Downtown Entertainment District (MD-ED) zone and has a Master Plan land use designation of Downtown Mixed-Use (DT-MU). “
It said “a request has been made for a conditional use permit to allow “Amusement or Recreation, Outside” and “Live Entertainment” land uses to facilitate outdoor festivals, concerts, recreation, and events.”
Gordon has indicated because the new festival grounds is in the city’s mixed-use entertainment district it is not subject to noise regulations for nearby residents, despite some of them already complaining.
The Jacobs lawyer said the new festival grounds will operate during the same hours as the nearby smaller Glow Plaza which has had occasional events since 2022.