Sarah Rose Summers, Miss USA 2018, will crown her successor on May 2, 2019 in Reno, Nevada. Credit: Miss Universe Organization It’s official. This year’s Miss USA pageant is coming to Reno after the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors Authority voted to approve $350,000 in special funding for the event on Thursday morning. It is the first time that the event will be held in Reno. The Miss Universe Organization, which also oversees the Miss USA pageant, will now be moving forward quickly to prepare for the event. The pageant is scheduled to be broadcast on Fox at 8 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on May 2 and will be held at the Grand Sierra Resort's Grand Theatre. "We have everyone on standby after this meeting today — all our state directors, family, friends — everyone is waiting for us to pull the trigger ... and make arrangements for coming here (to Reno)," said Paula Shugart , president of the Miss Universe Organization, at the RSCVA public meeting. Fu