Built in the mid-1940s from 20-year-old plans, the Mapes' art deco style was already becoming nostalgic. It opened as ...

Thursday marks 25 years since the downtown skyline changed forever when the iconic Mapes Hotel in Reno was imploded, a ...

Initial plans showed an ice rink and amphitheater, sweeping canopy and plantings. Yet City Plaza in downtown Reno remains ...

From the day the Mapes Hotel-Casino closed in 1982 until the day of its implosion on Jan. 30, 2000, debates grew between preservationists urging the building be saved and others wanting to tear it ...