Capital City Arts Initiative

Amateur Boxing Card in Virginia City


Piper’s Opera House
Drawer J

Virginia City, NV

November 14 | 3 pm on:
Amateur Boxing Card
Welter, Middle and Heavy Weight Contests
Special Appearance by Joe Gilbert
Hosted by Bruno’s Boxing Club

Acccording to the Reno Gazette Journal quoting Brandi Lee, there will be 12-15 bouts with boxers from Nevada and California. This will be the first boxing card at Piper’s in 116 years. The last one was May 4, 1893.

Tickets $15-25
$10 for seniors and students.

To order tickets, call Piper’s at or.

[Basic information from Piper’s website. Graphic from Google image search for ‘19th Century Boxing.’]

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