So I'm talking to a friend of mine who has made multiple trips to Reno (as a freelancers for ESPN), here's what he had to say..
" not only is Reno one of the most white-trashy towns you'll ever see, that airport is way too small to handle that many people coming in, and even with all the big hotels I don't think there's enough for an event the size of an Olympics.. not to mention anything more than flurries shuts the airport down"
He's been to more than a few cities, both big and small, so I trust his assessment. I still won't go so far as to agree with the idea that its a national embar