The Nugget Casino Resort will host its 22nd annual Star Spangled Sparks Fireworks Spectacular on Monday, July 4 from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The show is free to the public.
The celebration includes food vendors and craft booths on Victorian Square along with the Fireworks.
Music will play along the street and multiple vendors will be set up to provide tasty food and refreshing drinks from 4:00 to 9:30 p.m. Local singer Melissa Dahir will perform the National Anthem prior to the start of the fireworks at the northwest corner of the Nugget.
Since event parking fills up quickly, attendees on Victorian Square are encouraged to use the free Park & Ride shuttle service beginning at 6 p.m. The shuttle will pick up in two locations: The Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center Parking Lot at 1350 N. Wells Avenue in Reno and The Sparks Christian Fellowship lot, 510 Greenbrae Drive at the corner of Greenbrae Drive and 4th Street in Sparks. Shuttles will drop off before the fireworks and pick up after the fireworks at the RTC Centennial Plaza station on Victorian Square.
The fireworks show is set to begin around 9:30 p.m., but since it is unsafe to set off fireworks in windy conditions the Sparks Fire Department measures the wind speed at the tops of the Nugget’s towers prior to giving the fireworks team permission to begin. If conditions are unsafe, the show will be delayed until conditions improve. Wind speeds must be below 15 miles per hour at the tops of the towers for the show to begin.
Dogs, barbecues, tents and glass bottles are not permitted on Victorian Square during special events according to Sparks City Ordinance.
There will be road closures in effect in Sparks from 3 a.m. Sunday, July 4 to 7 p.m Monday, July 5 to accommodate Fourth of July events:
- Victorian Avenue from Pyramid Highway to Victorian Plaza Circle (west side).
- Victorian Plaza Circle (east) from Avenue of the Oaks to Nugget Avenue.
- Avenue of the Oaks in front of the Galaxy Theater, one block east and one block west.
- 10th Street from south of the Avenue of the Oaks from the alleyway to Victorian Avenue.