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 ...

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

Harold's Club was the best known of Reno casinos, but it had no hotel. Charley Mapes presided over his property with an iron hand that those who remember him say often held a drink. Old friends ...

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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 ...

Do new divorcées throw their wedding rings off the Virginia Street Bridge in Reno? Former Nevada state archivist Guy Rocha ...

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.

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“It had this old-style, sort of cage elevator ... the gaming industry started to see a shift. In Reno, the arrival of newer, more modern casinos caused the Mapes to borrow heavily to expand ...

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