Tickets on sale now for Nevada Historic Prison Day Tours in Carson City

The Board of Administrators of Nevada State Jail Preservation Society is comfortable to announce that tickets for the 2023 day excursions for Could and June at the moment are on sale. The remainder of the season will probably be launched round mid June.

Excursions start at 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and midday and final about 90 minutes. The tour covers a 1/2 mile stroll all through the grounds of the Nevada State Jail, which incorporates roughly 60 stairs to the execution chamber.

The Nevada State Jail in Carson Metropolis was first constructed in 1862 and remained in operation till its remaining closure in 2012. For over a century, sandstone was mined from the on-site quarry and used to construct lots of the still-standing historic websites in Carson Metropolis, from the Nevada State Capitol, to the U.S. Mint, and extra.

The tour discusses the lengthy historical past of the jail, from it is early prisoners, to flee convicts, jail packages, its use as a film set, and rather more!

Tour dates are as follows:

Saturday Could 13
Saturday Could 27
Sunday Could 28
Monday Could 29 (Memorial Day)
Saturday June 17
Saturday June 24

Our reward store will probably be open on the finish of your tour for all that cool memorabilia!

Tickets are $20 per individual, with 15 folks per tour. Please learn particulars fastidiously earlier than buying as situations are rugged and could also be scorching/chilly and require closed toed sneakers, water, sunscreen. Material will not be applicable for beneath youngsters. Waiver is required to be signed to take the tour.

To purchase tickets, go to web site beneath, take a look at matter NEWS on prime bar and drop down for excursions. You may be directed to the ticket gross sales web site. Notice right here are not any refunds, you’ll have to go your ticket alongside if you happen to cant attend.

Click on right here for tickets: https://www.tickettailor.com/occasions/nevadastateprisonpreservationsociety

For extra data please go to http://www.nevadastateprison.org