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 ...

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.

RENO – A string of firecrackers – very large firecrackers – went off in rapid-fire fashion a couple minutes past 8 a.m. Sunday. The Mapes Hotel stood its ground for many seconds, its windows ...

In Nevada, Art Deco buildings can still be found in a number of places. Perhaps the most famous Art Deco building in the state was the now-demolished Mapes Hotel in Reno (it was blown up in 2000).

Amadour stopped by Morning Break their upcoming artist talk at the University of Nevada, Reno where they will also serve as a ...

Local historian and author Alicia Barber told News 4-Fox 11 the lengthy city plaza saga after the demolition of the Mapes Hotel illustrated some of downtown ... to northern Nevada that they ...

Not surprisingly, Reno has had its share of lost historical or ... The tallest building in the state at the time of its opening, the Mapes was a precursor to the modern Nevada hotel-casino offering ...

RENO, Nev. - A woman who headed an unsuccessful effort to save the historic Mapes Hotel then turned her disgust toward city hall was leading a primary Tuesday for a seat on the Reno City Council.

RENO — Downtown residents are watching with ... Memories are still fresh of the loss of the historic Mapes Hotel, which sat on the north side of the bridge, imploded in 2000.

1. “California Split” — The scene in which the characters played by Elliott Gould and George Segal make a drunken bar bet on whether they can name the Seven Dwarfs is one of several all-time ...