John Ascuagas Nugget

Dinining

• Restaurante Orozko John Ascuaga's tribute to his Basqueimmigrant parents, Orozko includes a morning coffee/pastry shop and an evening lounge serving tapas and featuring a classical/flamenco guitarist. Under a vaulted ceiling painted and lighted to resemble the sky, and featuring a country decor of stone pillars and artificial gardens, the restaurant serves Basque specialties and Mediterranean and American favorites such as steak, seafood, pasta, and saltroasted prime rib.
• The Steakhouse Grill Decorated in white linen, with brick walls, and orange ceiling lighting, this restaurant has a long menu of steaks, chops, chicken, seafood, prime rib, and pastas.
• Trader Dick's Polynesiantheme restaurant, with big booths, artificial tropical gardens, hanging stainedglass lamp shades. Asian and Polynesianaccented dinners include wokcharred lobster and Peking duck breast; an Asiannoodle lunch is served at the aquarium bar. The lounge features a dance floor.
• Rotisserie Buffet Lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch buffets, with nightly themes such as prime rib, seafood, or barbecued ribs. Decor of gleaming brass and fauxleather booths.
• Rosie's Café This restaurant, with its pressedtin ceiling, ceiling fans, brassandglassenclosed booths, serves a long menu of snacks and full meals that includes AwfulAwful (doublepatty cheeseburger) and other items from the roadside coffee shop that grew into this casino hotel. Featuring daily specials such as roast turkey, grilled trout, and coq au vin. Open 24 hours.
• The Farm House Coffee Shop Homestyle cooking with 1950'sstyle wood booths and long counter. Open 24 hours.
• John's Oyster Bar This bar, furnished in nautical style with gleaming woods, serves seafood stews, chowders, and pan roasts; raw oysters and steamed clams; and seafood sandwiches such as lobster rolls.
• Gabe's Pub & Deli Located between race book and sports book, serving sandwiches, snacks, light meals, and pastries.
• Room service is available 24 hours.
  

Entertainment

• Featuring headliners such as Lyle Lovett, the Oak Ridge Boys, Hall & Oates, and Lou Rawls as well as boxing matches and other events, the 900-seat Celebrity Showroom offers classic seating in booths tiered down to the stage.
• The Rose Ballroom seats 2,000 for entertainers such as Jay Leno and Jeff Foxworthy. The Casino Cabaret features jazz, blues, and rock-'n'-roll bands. Dancing to live bands and DJ music occurs nightly in Trader Dick's Lounge.
• Beginning on one side of I-80 and running under the freeway to open onto downtown Sparks' central plaza, the roomy casino supplies 85,000 square feet of slots, video poker, keno, blackjack, craps, roulette, poker, and other table games. One level below the casino are sports and race books, with the race book featuring desks illuminated by green-shade lamps. A tile path leads around the casino to restaurants. There's also a bingo parlor.
• John's Club offers free membership cards that reward table-game, slot, bingo, keno, and race-and-sports-book players with "club dollars" that can be used for rooms, meals, shows, beauty services, and gift-shop purchases.

Property amenities

The hotel offers complimentary scheduled shuttle service from the airport between 5:30 AM and 9 PM. The shuttle is also on call between 9 PM and 5:30 AM. The resort's facilities include an expansive, two-room arcade containing a broad collection of video and carnival games. For adults, a health-and-beauty spa offers massage, body/facial treatments, and beauty services. A fitness center adjoins the pool. Valet parking:
Valet parking is complimentary. Secured parking garage with in/out privileges.
Self parking:
Self parking is complimentary. Secured parking garage with in/out privileges.

• 24-hour front desk
• Airport transportation (complimentary)
• ATM/banking
• Audio-visual equipment
• Banquet facilities
• Bar/lounge
• Business center
• Casino
• Caters to families
• Concierge services
• Conference room(s)

• Currency exchange
• Dry cleaning service
• Express check-out
• Fitness equipment
• Gift shops or newsstand
• Hair salon
• Internet access - wireless
• Multilingual staff
• Nightclub
• Number of rooms: 1,600
• Parking (free)

• Parking (valet)
• Porter/bellhop
• Restaurant(s) in hotel
• Room service (24 hours)
• Safe-deposit box - front desk
• Security guard
• Shoe shine
• Spa services on site
• Suitable for children
• Swimming pool - indoor
• Wedding services

Recreation

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.

• Rowing or canoeing
• Boating
• Fishing
• Rafting
• Kayaking
• Sailing
• Water skiing
• Windsurfing

• Bicycle rentals
• Horse riding/rental
• Tennis
• Hiking/biking trails
• Helicopter/airplane sightseeing
• Snowmobiling
• Skiing - downhill
• Skiing - cross-country

• Ice skating
• Snowshoeing
• Skydiving
• Hunting
• Golfing
• Mountain biking
• Aerobics
• Golf - driving range

Room amenities

• Cable/satellite TV
• Pay movies
• Climate control
• Air conditioning
• Multi-line phone
• Internet access - dial-up

• Voice mail
• Wake-up calls
• Housekeeping
• Private bathroom
• Hair dryer
• Clock radio

• Desk
• Rollaway beds
• Cribs (infant beds) available
• Iron/ironing board (on request)
• Smoking rooms
• Non-smoking rooms

Rooms

The hotel offers 1,600 guestrooms in two 29-story, sand-colored towers that dwarf low-rise downtown Sparks and stand starkly against the alpine backdrop formed by the Sierra Nevada mountains, which are visible from many of the rooms' windows. There are 157 additional guestrooms located in an adjacent, five-story Courtyard building a short walk away from the main complex. Guests staying in the Courtyard have full access to the Nugget's complimentary pool and fitness center, which are located on the fifth floor of the main tower complex.

Wireless Internet Access

This hotel offers Wireless Internet access (Source: JiWire Inc.)

Policies

A daily $3 energy fee is not included in the rate and will be due upon check-out.
Extra person charges may apply and vary, depending on hotel policy.
Rollaways and cribs may be available, and should be requested at the time of booking; fees may apply.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required upon check-in for incidental charges.
All special requests are subject to availability upon check-in.

• Check-in time is 3 PM
• Check-out time is 11 AM