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

Veteran casino executive Ferenc Szony, whose dad used to perform at the Mapes, remembers his time at the hotel as a kid and ...

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 ...