'''Sparks''' is Nevada. It's a suburb of Reno, just east along Interstate 80.

Get in

'''Amtrak''' [http://www.amtrak.com/] serves Sparks with the '''California Zephyr''' [http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Route/Horizontal_Route_Page&c=am2Route&cid=1081256321209&ssid=137], which runs daily between Emeryville (in the San Francisco Bay Area) and Chicago.

Get around

See

Do

Buy

Eat

Black Rock Pizza Co. - 2855 N. McCarran Blvd (775)356-1771 (in the Raley's Shopping Center)

Drink

  • Great Basin Brewery. 46 Victorian Avenue. 55-7711.

    Sleep

  • Fairfield Inn & Suites Reno Sparks. 085 Brierley Way. 1 775 355-7700. 1 775 355-7376. ttp://marriott.com/property/propertypage/RNOFI.
  • Motel 6 Reno Airport - Sparks. 405 Victorian Avenue. 1 775 358-1080. 1 775 358-4883. ttp://www.motel6.com/reservations/motel_detail.asp?MotelId=0740.

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