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

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

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

With Reno roots dating back to the late ... First built in 1947, the Mapes Hotel was the brainchild of one of Nevada’s gaming pioneers Charles Mapes Jr. The hotel-casino was as grand as Mapes ...

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 ...