Update On Renaissance Hotel in downtown Reno

First Look at Renaissance Hotel in downtown Reno, photos courtesy Bunnyfish Studio. 

Construction Photo Tour: Renaissance Hotel

Check out a construction photo tour of a nearly-complete bocce ball area of the Renaissance Hotel. The Siena continues to make its transformation into a Renassiance Hotel, Marriott's high-end brand of hotels. It will be non-casino-gaming, non-smoking. 

Siena Pulls Large Permit for Hotel Tower Makeover

Siena Pulls Large Permit for Hotel Tower  Makeover.

Color Renderings of Marriott Renaissance

Color Rendering of Marriott Renaissance

Preliminary Exterior Renderings of Marriott Renaissance

Exterior Renderings of Marriott Renaissance!

Forward Progress: Project Updates

26  Apr  2016

Renaissance Gets a Permit

Renaissance Gets a Permit and a Loan.

Video: Interior Facade of Siena Comes Down

Video: Interior Facade of Siena Comes Down

Sneak Peek: Renaissance Reveals Room Renderings

Stpping by the Renaissance Hotel today downtown, which pulled a demo permit and will begin construction soon, I noticed a new sign in the building with renderings of the rooms. Check them out! 

Siena Pulls Demo Permit

Siena has pulled a demo permit to begin construction on the Renaissance Hotel. 

Siena to Become Renaissance Hotel

As confirmed by this post, RGJ is confirming the Siena will become a Renaissance Hotel.

Siena In Talks to Go Back to Its Roots

Only the most hardcore Reno natives would know that the Siena, back when it was the Holiday Hotel, actually opened up in 1958 WITHOUT a casino. It was a non-gaming hotel on the river, and the casino was only added later. Hotels like Harrah's downtown are casinos with a hotel added on, but the Holiday was a hotel first, with a casino added on.

Since 1999, the casino has literally not made a dime of money. I don't need a 'source' to tell me this, it's painfully obvious when you visit the Siena on a Friday or Saturday.

Yet, during the weekends, esepcially in the summer, the hotel portion often comes close to selling out.

So, it wasn't necessarily shocking when I learned from an unnamed source that Fernando Leal, developer of the Montage and CommRow (now Whitney Peak Hotel) has bought the Siena.