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 ...

Like a rich, colorful tapestry, the Mapes Hotel was tightly woven in Rick Casazza’s memories as a kid growing up in the Biggest Little City. With Reno roots dating back to the late 1870s when ...

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 ...

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.

Three years after the Mapes demolition on Jan. 30, 2000, Reno officials still had no idea what to do with the land. Proposals like the Bugsy Malone's Speakeasy riverfront casino proposal were ...

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 ...

This article, written by then-investigative reporter Frank X. Mullen, originally appeared in the Reno Gazette-Journal on Jan. 30, 2000, the date of the Mapes Hotel-Casino's implosion. Since its ...

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.

Known as Carolyn Brandt at the time, she danced in Reno, Nevada, at the former Mapes Hotel, before segueing into Hollywood. One of her more memorable films was “Rat Pfink a Boo Boo,” a ...

Like a rich, colorful tapestry, the Mapes Hotel was tightly woven in Rick Casazza’s memories as a kid growing up in the Biggest Little City. With Reno roots dating back to the late 1870s when their ...