Reno

Reno is a city in the U.S. state of Nevada. It is in Northern Nevada, approximately 22mi from Lake Tahoe. Known as "The Biggest Little City in the World", Reno is famous for its hotels and casinos and as the birthplace of Harrah's Entertainment (now known as Caesars Entertainment Corporation). It is the county seat of Washoe County, in the northwestern part of the state. The city sits in a high desert at the foot of the Sierra Nevada and its downtown area (along with Sparks) occupies a valley informally known as the Truckee Meadows. It is named after Jesse L. Reno.Reno is the most populous Nevada city outside of Clark County and the Las Vegas–Paradise, NV MSA valley region, with an estimated population of 241,445 in 2015, and is the third most populous city in the state after Las Vegas and Henderson.Reno is part of the Reno–Sparks metropolitan area, which consists of all of both Washoe and Storey counties and has a 2016 estimated population of 457,667, making it the second largest metropolitan area in Nevada.