RSCVA opens new indoor track and field facility in Reno
RSCVA has opened a brand new world class indoor track and field facility in the Reno-Sparks Convention Center on Dec. 5, 2024.
Reno is now a track and field destination with a state-of-the art track up and running at the Reno Sparks Convention Center.
The new $5.2 million track hosted its first meet Thursday, along with a grand opening ceremony and ribbon-cutting.
The Mondo-manufactured track, made in Italy, meets World Athletics certification standards and should yield some fast times.
It will be home to the Nevada women’s track and field team for indoor meets as well as practices and will also host high school, middle school and adult track and field meets. The Wolf Pack is hosting this week’s Silver State Invitational on the track.
The track is the third of its kind on the West Coast capable of hosting high-level events.
RSCVA President and CEO Mike Larragueta said the process of approving, buying and installing the track was about two and a half years. Larragueta said it is expected to last about 10 years and will easily pay for itself in that time. He said the $5.2 million cost will be recouped within the next two and a half years.
There are three Mondo tracks in the western United States, in addition to Reno, with tracks in Spokane, Washington, and in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
There are eight meets scheduled for the RSCVA track this winter.
“We think that after this first season, the demand is going to be through the roof to come to Reno and experience this newer track,” Larragueta said.
He said the track will generate revenue through room nights, food and beverage spending and other activities. It will help tourism efforts in the usually slower winter months.
The track in Albuquerque has hosted NCAA Indoor Championship meets and U.S. Indoor national meets.
Nevada runner Valeria Paez-Rueda raved about the track, saying it provides a cushioned feel along with propelling the runners, which aids their confidence.
Four-time Olympic medalist and NBC Sports Group lead track and field analyst Ato Boldon was on hand Thursday night to emcee the opening ceremony, and he raved about the track. Boldon represented Trinidad and Tobago, earning bronze medals in the 100m and 200m at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, as well as silver and bronze in the same events at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
He said the new track is among the best he has seen in his travels around the country.
“I can see a lot of major things coming here. I think it’s a great idea,” Boldon said of the track.
He said not all fast tracks are the same, and that Mondo is constantly refining its building process and the compounds used to make tracks.
“I’ve already had some of my track coach friends remark that it’s very fast and it feels very good,” Boldon said of the RSCVA track. “I expect you’ll hear the same from athletes.”
He said the 4,500-foot elevation — and thinner air — in Northern Nevada will also help runners post fast times on the track.
The track has a 12-degree fixed-bank oval and six 42-inch-wide lanes, as well as an eight-lane sprint track for sprints and hurdles.
The track is designed to meet World Athletics certification, and will be eligible to host a range of competitions, including NCAA, USA Track & Field, AAU and youth meets.
It will be used from December-March each year, then taken apart and stored nearby in the spring and summer.
A recent Review-Journal letter to the editor mischaracterized Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act, also known as the Clark County Lands bill. As the former executive director of the Nevada Conservation League, I wholeheartedly support this legislation, so I wanted to set the record straight.
Sen. Cortez Masto has been working on this bill for years in partnership with state and local governments, conservation groups like the NCL and local area tribes. It’s true that the Clark County lands bill would open 25,000 acres to help Las Vegas grow responsibly, while setting aside 2 million acres for conservation. It would also help create more affordable housing throughout the valley while ensuring our treasured public spaces can be preserved for generations to come.
What is not correct is that the money from these land sales would go to the federal government’s coffers. In fact, the opposite is true.
The 1998 Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act is a landmark bill that identified specific public land for future sale and created a special account ensuring all land sale revenues would come back to Nevada. In accordance with that law 5 percent of revenue from land transfers goes to the state of Nevada for general education purposes, 10 percent goes to the Southern Nevada Water Authority for needed water infrastructure and 85 percent supports conservation and environmental mitigation projects in Southern Nevada. This legislation has provided billions to Clark County and will continue to benefit generations of Southern Nevadans. Sen. Cortez Masto’s lands bill builds upon the act’s success.
So here’s the good news: All of the money generated from land made available for sale under Sen. Cortez Masto’s bill would be sent to the special account created by the 1998 law. Rather than going to an unaccountable federal government, the proceeds would continue to help kids in Vegas get a better education, bolster outdoor recreation and modernize Southern Nevada’s infrastructure.
I know how important it is that money generated from the sale of public land in Nevada stay in the hands of Nevadans, and so does the senator. That’s why she opposed a Republican effort last year to sell off 200,000 acres of land in Clark County and other areas of the country that would have sent those dollars directly to Washington.
Public land management in Nevada should benefit Nevadans. We should protect sacred cultural sites and beloved recreation spaces, responsibly transfer land for affordable housing when needed and ensure our state has the resources it needs to grow sustainably. I will continue working with Sen. Cortez Masto to advocate for legislation, such as the Clark County lands bill, that puts the needs of Nevadans first.
Paul Selberg writes from Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas High’s baseball team claimed a 3-2 home win over Coronado on Friday.
Las Vegas (9-13-1) next hosts Rancho at 10 a.m. Saturday. Coronado (13-14) hosts Chaparral at 3:30 p.m. Monday.
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LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Nevada’s jobless rate is holding steady, but the state is still adding jobs.
A new report from DETR shows February’s unemployment rate unchanged at 5.3 percent, with the labor force growing by nearly 3,800 people.
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Nevada now has about 1.6 million nonfarm jobs, up 2.2 percent over the past year and 1,500 more jobs than in January.
“This month’s report shows a strengthening labor market,” said David Schmidt, Chief Economist. ”Compared to the report for January, the pace of job gains in the past year increased from 1.9% to 2.2%, building on what was already the fastest pace of job growth in the country. While the unemployment rate remained stable, the labor force participation rate rose to 63.7%, 1.7 percentage points higher than the national level.”
In Las Vegas, employment ticked up by 1,100 jobs in February, about 0.1 percent, and is up more than 25,000 jobs compared to last year.
Reno added 1,000 jobs on the month, while Carson City shed about 200 but is still slightly above where it was a year ago.
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