What’s inside the Innevation Center? View our virtual tour videos below, or come visit us to see for yourself! If you’d like to schedule a tour please fill out our tour inquiry form and we’ll set up a time for you or your group.

This is not for general campus tours. To tour the University of Nevada, Reno campus, please schedule with the University or check-out the interactive tour.

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Take a virtual video tour of the Innevation Center

Join us for a walk-though of the Innevation Center and learn about what we have to offer our members. We’ve organized these video tours by the type of space that you might be looking for, whether that’s a place to hold meetings or an event, an area to operate your business, or do product prototyping.

Introduction to the Innevation Center

Our 25,000 square foot, 4-story building in downtown Reno provides a co-working space, office space, event facilities, meeting rooms, and a top-tier Makerspace. We are open to local businesses, entrepreneurs, and the community, alongside students, faculty, and staff at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Conference rooms

We have a variety of reservable rooms on our first and second floors for meeting or individual use. With capabilities including audiovisual systems, wireless screen casting, white boards and conference phones, we have the right room for your next meeting, conference call or solo video call. Reserve a conference room at the Innevation Center for your next meeting!

View a photo gallery of the meeting and conference rooms.

Concept Café

Our largest meeting space is equipped with many features that will make your next event special. From comfortable furniture, to advanced technical features, to catering capabilities and flexible presentation tools, the Concept Café has what you need.

View a photo gallery of the Concept Café event space.

Co-working & office space

Overlooking the beautiful Reno downtown area, the co-working space is the perfect spot for collaboration with local entrepreneurs and fellow team members. The co-working space is equipped with two soundproof office phone booths, a kitchenette and open work tables. Throughout the Innevation Center, cubicle and office space is also available for rent.

View a photo gallery of the co-working and office spaces.

The Makerspace

The Makerspace provides access to a wide range of equipment, software and manufacturing technologies to transform your ideas into reality. With equipment including desktop and industrial FDM 3D printers, SLA 3D printers, laser cutting, manual and CNC machining, large format printing, vinyl cutting, electronic workstation, textile lab and a podcasting studio, we provide many of the tools and training needed to create a prototype or fuel a hobby. Alongside our equipment, we provide software such as Solidworks CAD modeling, Corel Draw and Adobe Suite.

View a photo gallery of the Makerspace.

Southside Studio

The Southside Studio is an extension of the Innevation Center and home to the K-12 Robotics Center | University of Nevada, Reno. The Southside Studio provides additional space to support Innevation Center companies and to offer resources to broaden K-12 robotics participation and STEM education. Also inside is the Makerspace Woodshop offering a laser cutter, electrical engineering station, and an array of high-quality woodworking machines and equipment including a CNC router, table saw and benchtop planar.

More from inside the Innevation Center

If you'd like to read more about the space we have to offer, here are descriptions of the building layout by each floor.

Three people at a work bench in the Prototyping Machine Shop of the Makerspace

Floor 0 – Innevation Center Makerspace

  1. Prototyping Machine Shop
    Computer Numeric Control (CNC) tools are available in this room, along with a laser cutter, CNC Mill, CNC Lathe, drill press and other prototyping tools.
  2. Design Lab
    This room houses over seven 3D printers and six computer design stations, plus a high powered rendering station.
  3. Beta Space
    In this room, work spaces and additional specialty labs are available to bring your designs and concepts into reality. Makers will find rentable work stations, an electronics lab, a textile lab, a large format printer, a vinyl cutter, a spray paint booth, an exhaust hood, and sheet metal equipment to create working prototypes.
  4. Podcasting Studio
    Utilize our high-end audio recording equipment to make your very own podcast or record a professional interview!
  5. Decompression Chamber
    Leonardo da Vinci was the first to say that even geniuses need to step away from the projects from time to time, to catch a breath and gain perspective.     Located in the Makerspace, this room is the ideal spot for that process to happen. Enjoy a casual meeting space free of technology and cell reception.
Makerspace info & equipment list
A view of the Concept Café showing the entire room with empty tables and chairs

Floor 1 – Welcome to the Innevation Center!

  1. Welcome Center
    University student workers will greet you as you walk in the door. The Innevation Center front desk staff will help guide you with information on room reservations, membership options, the Makerspace, and business development and networking opportunities at the Innevation Center.
  2. Concept Cafe
    This is the main event space of the Innevation Center. Rent this space for your next business workshop, seminar, lunch-and-learn or board meeting and enjoy the benefits of a modular space with AV capabilities and a professional setting.
  3. Ideation Conference Room
    This conference room provides a meeting space for up to eight innovators and is outfitted with a screen for wireless presenting. We encourage the use of our large windows as an innovative whiteboards-alternative.
  4. Venture Lounge
    This room is a comfortable space for small group discussions. The room has a conference table that seats six, a large white board and a telephone.
  5. Phone rooms
    For private phone and video calls, phone rooms are located on the first and second floors. These rooms are available on a first come first served basis and are not reservable.
A view of the Stage 3 area

Floor 2 – Co-working and office space

  1. Stage 3
    This is our main co-working space, with both co-working and fixed desk space. Enjoy city views, coffee on site, soundproof phone booths and a lounging area in this members only space. Why STAGE 3? The Innevation Center continues the vision of an intrastate effort to break down silos and work together to make Nevada a leader in the new innevation economy. STAGE 1 & STAGE 2 are located in Innevation Las Vegas and have been showcasing collaborative events since 2011. STAGE 3 will now drive state-wide collaboration to a new level. #lovenevada
  2. Summit Conference Room
    This is our largest conference room that seats up to twelve innovators and is fully outfitted with a whiteboard wall, presentation podium, two screens and a video conferencing system. Enjoy views of Mount Rose in this south-side conference area on our second floor.
  3. Venture Row
    A limited number of private offices are available at the Innevation Center for founders needing an added layer of privacy for their business. Private offices are by request and interview only and subject to availability; visit the Memberships page or contact icadmins@unr.edu for more information.
  4. Phone rooms
    For private phone and video calls, phone rooms are located on the first and second floors. These rooms are available on a first come first served basis and are not reservable.
View more images of the Stage 3 area
Two members of a startup company working on IoT devices at a table with computers in the Innevation Center

Floor 3 – Incubator space

  1. Open office space
    Open office areas available for rent to Innevation Center members and companies.
  2. Manufacture Nevada
    A statewide program that provides Nevada manufacturers with expert resources and programs to improve their processes, increase efficiencies and productivity in order to make them globally competitive and assume a leadership role in their respective sectors.
  3. Manufacture Nevada's conference room