The Reno City Council voted on Wednesday to put the gaming license application of a Las Vegas-based restaurateur on hold over concerns about an increase in the number of slot machines.
The city council voted 4-1 to indefinitely postpone its decision on Fine Entertainment’s application for a gaming license for its PKWY Tavern project. Fine Entertainment, which is planning to build several bars and restaurants inside the Reno City Center, wants to install 197 slot machines in the former Harrah’s Reno hotel-casino.
Fine Entertainment’s application was already approved by the Nevada Gaming Commission but requires approval from the city. “From my worldview, (expanding from) 16 slots to 197 — that’s an expansion of a gaming use,” Brekhus said. “You can’t argue otherwise.”
