The pool room is excessively HOT and humid, and there is no spa or hot tub! My 8-year old son and I were looking forward to swimming, but just walking in to the pool room almost made us sick! If we had stayed longer than 5 minutes, we would have had heat stroke! The hotel is fully booked but there was no one else swimming; now we know why! I asked the front desk clerk, Alan, about it. He claimed the dehumidifier needed to be repaired, but I saw no one attempting to fix it.
I then wanted to buy a regular sized cold bottle of water from the pantry. Alan said it would cost $2.25...for one bottle of water that I could get at the corner gas station for $1.19. I refused to pay that much for a drink of water, and my son and I went to our room (#226). We paid $248 total for this tiny room with one King sized bed!
I was so disappointed with everything at this point (we had been at the hotel for only 90 minutes!) that I attempted to call Alan at the front desk, using our room phone. The room phone didn't work! I called him on my cell phone and asked for a new phone for the room and some sort of a refund for all the problems we had thus encountered. He offered me a $20 refund since we couldn't use the pool. Gee, thanks.
DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY OR TIME ON THIS HOTEL! IT IS NOT WORTH IT!

Fairfield Inn Sparks is a great stop on I-80. Clean hotel, great restaurant and easy on and off access. Close to many restaurants and awesome breakfast. GM Brad Lesser and Mark on Front Desk are awesome.

We chose this Fairfield as our pit stop between Nor Cal and Utah. I've stayed at many Fairfields and have always had a nice time, and this held up to my expectations!

Check-in was quick and easy and the staff was helpful and genuinely nice.

The rooms were clean and comfortable with very nice beds. We asked for a crib at check in and it was in our room when we walked in and had a crib sheet and small blanket. I think this is one of the first hotels I've been to that actually included a crib sheet! The pack-n-play was in really good condition too. My only criticism is that the faucet on the tub was a bit tricky to get to the sweet spot between freezing cold and burning hot. But we figured it out okay. There were also a few cosmetic things like cracked tiles, but otherwise it was a welcoming, clean room that gave us the rest we needed to continue our journey the next day.

The kids enjoyed the pool. It looked like there had formally been a hot tub that was paved over maybe?

Breakfast was delicious! Mini waffles, scrambled and hard boiled eggs, sausage, cereal, juice, oatmeal, pastries, yogurts, fresh fruits- something for everyone!

The huge outlet mall was just down the road. We enjoyed dinner at a great pizza place over that way.

If ever we need to spend the night in Reno area again, we will definitely stay here.