From his childhood and college days to his last visit before it was torn down, Rick Casazza remembers his time at Reno’s Mapes Hotel.

Mullen, originally appeared in the Reno Gazette-Journal on Jan. 30, 2000, the date of the Mapes Hotel-Casino's implosion. Since its publication, Nevada lost three of its great keepers of local ...

RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — Thursday marks 25 years since the downtown skyline changed forever when the iconic Mapes Hotel in Reno was imploded, a significant event in the city's history.

With Reno roots dating back to the late 1870s ... which also had a card room. “Charlie Mapes built them a room, and my dad … was one of the earlier members,” Casazza said.

Built in the mid-1940s from 20-year-old plans, the Mapes' art deco style was already becoming nostalgic. It opened as Nevada's tallest building in 1947, and its Sky Room overlooked a town that ...