“My grandparents had an anniversary party up there last time. The Sky Room was wonderful.” First built in 1947, the Mapes Hotel was the brainchild of one of Nevada’s gaming pioneers Charles ...

An old black-and-white photograph of downtown Reno from 1954 shows a sign with two cowboys standing side by side, their billowing chaps forming the “M” in Mapes Casino. Just below the sign ...

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. The Mapes Hotel, built in 1947, was ...