Built in the mid-1940s from 20-year-old plans, the Mapes' art deco style was already becoming nostalgic. It opened as ...

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

From his childhood and college days to his last visit before it was torn down, Rick Casazza remembers his time at Reno’s ...

Initial plans showed an ice rink and amphitheater, sweeping canopy and plantings. Yet City Plaza in downtown Reno remains ...

Thursday marks 25 years since the downtown skyline changed forever when the iconic Mapes Hotel in Reno was imploded, a ...

Hotels ranked on industry awards ... Press the question mark key to get the keyboard shortcuts for changing dates. Reno $25 $500+ 0 mi 5+ mi ...

Press the question mark key to get the keyboard shortcuts for changing dates. Harrah’s Reno Hotel & Casino in Reno, Nevada, offers a variety of activities for guests. There is a rooftop pool ...

Authorities seized over 5 pounds of methamphetamine and 12 ounces of heroin during the investigation, the DA's office said.

A few years back, it tapped into a geothermal aquifer 1 mile beneath the hotel and it heats all of its 2.1 million sq ft of interior space with geothermal energy, including the swimming pools ...

A downtown megahotel spanning several city blocks and lighting up the nighttime sky, this property may be small by Las Vegas standards, but it dwarfs Reno's competition, with the exception of ...

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 ...