4 days ago · 25 years ago, Reno's historic Mapes Hotel-Casino was demolished. ... Gone was the immaculate interior with clean, dark wood finishes and red leather. In its place were countless bird droppings and ...

The Mapes Hotel was a hotel and casino located in Downtown Reno, Nevada, next to the Truckee River on Virginia Street. It was built in 1947 and opened on December 17 of that year. It was the first skyscraper built in the Western United States since the start of World War II.

6 days ago · The Mapes Hotel collapses in on itself Sunday morning in Reno as the effects of the explosions take effect.After many years standing vacant and a recent court battle, the grand old lady of Reno ...

6 days ago · 25 years ago, Reno's historic Mapes Hotel-Casino was demolished. Take a look back with us City Plaza has yet to fulfill ambitions for site of Mapes ‘It was beautiful’: Mapes Hotel was a ...

3 days ago · 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. The ...

4 days ago · Part of the fabric of the family's story includes the Mapes Hotel, which stood tall in downtown Reno for over half a century until it was demolished on a chilly winter day on Jan. 30, 2000. Casazza still remembers the Mapes' crown jewel, the Sky Room, which boasted what was once an unrivaled view of the city from the very top floor.

With eight floors of guest rooms plus a lobby, mezzanine, and service floor, the hotel served as a prototype for the vertical hotel casino. Its crown jewel was indisputably the 12th floor Sky Room, with floor-to-ceiling windows that overlooked the Truckee River, Virginia Street, and the Sierra Nevada mountains beyond.

The first high-rise hotel and casino built in the United States, it became the prototype for later casinos in Reno, Las Vegas, and Atlantic City. Until the city of Reno imploded it on Super Bowl Sunday in January 2000, the twelve-story hotel occupied a prominent site in downtown Reno along Virginia Street and the Truckee River.

5 days ago · The Mapes’ reputation was reflected in its guest list, which included Hollywood royalty such as Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable. The hotel's Sky Room, with wrap-around windows overlooking Reno ...