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.

2 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 ...

11 hours 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 ...

1 day ago · 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 ...

1 day ago · Take a look back with us City Plaza has yet to fulfill ambitions for site of Mapes ‘It was beautiful’: Mapes Hotel was a fixture for generations of one Reno family Magical but beyond saving ...

For more than three decades, the Mapes and the Riverside were Reno’s most elegant hotel casinos, remembered fondly as the site for high school proms and local dinner dates as well as world-class performers.

Feb 4, 2016 · But all good things come to an end and on December 17, 1982—exactly 35 years after it opened—the hotel’s doors were closed. Charles Mapes Jr. had invested heavily in another downtown Reno casino, the Mapes Money Tree, which had …

Apr 12, 2006 · The story of the rise and fall of the beloved hotel, erected in 1947, is ably told in a new book titled, "Mapes Hotel and Casino: The History of Reno's Landmark Hotel" by Patty Cafferata, a longtime Reno resident and former Nevada state treasurer.

The Mapes Hotel once stood as one of the most recognizable landmarks in Reno. The twelve-story building was the tallest building in Nevada when it opened in 1947. In its heyday, many of the biggest entertainers of the day performed at the Mapes.

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.