Grand Sierra Resort & Casino RV Park

We were stuck out in their back gravel area as it was a holiday weekend. The rates are high to begin with $70-$80 per site, plus $9 in taxes and $20 in resort fees! We got a bit of a discount for military but total was still $100. Some of the front sites have a table and some grass, but ours was all rich with no amenities. You have use of casino pool but it was super crowded. Lots of kids & drunk young adults. Staff was very nice. But at least in our area it’s just as parking lot. There was free internet, open access.

Pros:
Great security -
RV park has a fence around it.
Casino security drives a van around to check on things - I think it is 24 hours a day.

Location - Good location in downtown Reno, close to the interstate.

Cons:
Expensive -
Final rate is double what is listed on booking sites due to obscene resort fee and taxes.
Rate can easily go over $100 per night, or as low as $60 per night weekday in the back section.
The only amenities are the pool and the store / office with ice, beer, etc.

Noise - Near the Reno airport runway so lots of airplane noise.
Hundreds of people drive by daily with mufflers that have been illegally removed / modified.

Trash - The entire casino has trash on the grounds.
The rv sites have cigarette butts in varying degrees of age.
The rv sites are not cleaned.

I've seen a lot of poor reviews on google but honestly I don't think it's that bad of a place to park the trailer. If you understand that all it is, is a parking lot with hookups and nothing special it's pretty good. You have access to all the same stuff if you booked a room at GSR. The biggest gripe I have is all the goat head thorns that litter the gravel areas. You cannot go outside without getting a least a few stuck in your shoes.

RV Park is fairly safe but it has very curvy, narrow turns inside RV Park that make it very difficult to get in and out. Check-in office also sells beer and the casino is only steps away. We visited in June 2020, so Covid procedures were in place throughout the casino, including all bars and restaurants - although almost no guests and only a few staff wore masks. Many casino/restaurant staff were actively rude or passively disengaged, which isn't a direct problem with the RV park, but it does mean I won't be returning.

We stayed here 3 nights after going to burning man to unwind and lay by the pool. I did not know that the RV next to us was going to be used as the rental return office for every burning man rented rv coming in at all hours. It was hectic and noisy.

The site was a in the middle of a concrete/pavement parking lot with these very picky thorned plants that got stuck in my feet as well as the dogs paws.

It was an extremely log walk to the pool.

We stayed here as it was easy and dog friendly, it is no longer pet friendly so we would not stay here again. There has to be a prettier/nicer place to stay for less in Reno - this was very expensive due to it was Labor Day and Post Burning Man holiday.

I wasn't impressed with this spot but it was convenient for hanging with friends who were staying at the resort. Full hookups and paved pads that were almost level. The front desk staff were friendly but not very on top of things. I tried to apply a Good Sam discount (they didn't advertise this on their booking site) at checkout and they weren't able to successfully complete it. Then they told me they couldn't apply it for Saturday night because they only offer a military discount for Friday and Saturday nights. I told them I was military and then that threw a whole other wrench in their system. I told them I'd call to settle it because it was taking forever.

Beware, you also have to pay the resort fees and taxes (~$20/day). This gets you access to the gym and the pool at the hotel.

I didn't like that the facility wasn't gated. Anyone from the hotel or the street could just wander through.

Free hotel wifi, but my phone had a lot of trouble staying connected. Worked better on my laptop.

If you book online, make sure to try to get the Good Sam/military discount then. Better yet, just call to reserve so you can get the best rate when you book rather than try to do it after.

This is basically a parking lot with hook ups. The fee of $50 per night, did not include the resort fee of $16.50 per night plus tax. It was $155 for 2 nights. It was convenient, if you used the resort. Lots of homeless on the walking trail behind the RV Park. Lots of street and airplane noise. Some sites are gravel. Definitely can use some tlc.

It is easy to find and easy to get in and that's the good part. The spaces are wide enough and long enough for my truck and fifth wheel. The sites are not kept up as there are weeds everywhere the black top is cracked and the sites are a bit uneven. You can see the freeway from your space , count the windows on the planes as they take off over your head and there's a train nearby.