J Resort's Glow Plaza — Local services in Reno

Other than being an offensive shrine of signage of old hotels that mostly disadvantaged humans and overnight travelers resided in and got removed from, with little to no better options - effectively doubling the local homeless count virtually overnight. Add to it a few goofy looking and out of place Burning Man exhibits, the venue is far too narrow (but a block long) and lacks adequate seating for proper concert viewing. Besides semi-weekly events, it is closed to the public, aside what you can barely view from the sidewalk or 4th Street, making it one of the least useful and most energy wasteful swaths of casino property in town. As for acoustics and music, of course it sounds amazing - RIGHT THERE. BUT, it (particularly, heavy electronic bass) can also literally be FELT by private residences over 5 blocks away from the place, as if someone was booming their car's kickers right under your kitchen window. I can only imagine how the other pre-existing residences within mere FEET of it must feel. There have been a few shows that I wouldn't have minded catching there as I am a music fan and have even been a stagehand myself. But honestly, from the outside looking in, it feels a lot like a claustrophobic, exitless disaster trap without even setting foot within their silly LED color-changing brick walls. I mean, I know the ballpark lights cost over $30K per hour to operate during games and events. I can't even fathom how much Jacobs Entertainment (likely, subsidized) electricity bill is. What the Sparks Nugget got correctly with their amphitheatre, Jacobs seemingly failed with the Neon Line Glow Plaza to give a single care about performance schematics, the surrounding community or its own clients. Only counting...

We went to Reno Night Market last night, and I'm glad that I didn't have high expectations because they were met last night. So the good: there were artists there, not very many, but a few. A couple of artists were painting right there in the plaza, and it was great watching them make their art and talking to them. The fire dancers were really fun to watch. There were things for kids to do, like paint and play with making huge bubbles. The food trucks were separated from the beverages. This was a great idea as congestion would have been much worse had they all been in the same spot.

The not so good: the setup was horrible. Events 101 here, don't put the food right inside the entrance. The second we walked in, we had to cut through food lines.

The vendors could have been spread out a little bit more. It was claustrophobic in there for a while.

I would have loved to have had a conversation about maybe buying some of the art, but it was pointless to talk because the music was so freaking loud.

I'm not sure why the dj was set-up in the center of the place when it should have been the performers. It would have given the performers a bit more room to do their art, and more people would have been able to see them. The dj doesn't need that sort of spotlight, and he was in some sort of gazebo anyway.

Overall it was neat to go, but more understanding needs to be put into how party congestion works, how much room performers need, and that music doesn't have tobe deafening to...

We live in a building right next to the property. At first, we were very excited to come out and support as many events as we could. Then they decided to install very bright lamps that they leave on all night that shines directly into the building's windows. Now, we can no longer enjoy the night sky or have the option to wake up with natural light. They have made it clear that they care nothing about the community. They have smaller lamps, they can use to monitor their security cameras, without disturbing residence. Yet they choose to keep on the very intrusive ones. Obviously, they don't mind ruining our...