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. - A year after the implosion of the historic Mapes Hotel, the City Council is being asked to toughen the city's historic preservation ordinance. Councilwoman Toni Harsh, a historic ...

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.

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 ...

RENO, Nev. — You can still spend the night at the Grand Hotel ... the Mapes. But a Washoe County district judge cleared the council of any wrongdoing that would warrant delaying the implosion ...

(The implosion) is the most intelligent ... in the community had her often regarded as “Mrs. Reno.” Upon her death, the Mapes Hotel passed on to her son, Charles Jr., who operated it until ...

Until recently, just about anyone who has either lived in or visited Reno remembers the Mapes Hotel. Once the grandest high-rise hotel in the city, the Mapes was imploded by the city on Jan. 30, 2000.

RENO, Nev. - You can still spend the night at the Grand Hotel ... the Mapes. But a Washoe County district judge cleared the council of any wrongdoing that would warrant delaying the implosion ...

RENO, Nev. (AP) - As work crews finished preparations for Sunday's implosion of the Mapes Hotel, hundreds of local residents flocked to downtown sidewalks to bid an emotional farewell to the landmark.

which reinterprets the demolition of Reno’s historic Mapes Hotel through music and visual abstraction. The project explores ...

A national preservation group is putting its faith in people power to try to win a last-minute reprieve for the historic Mapes Hotel in Reno ... from a scheduled implosion on Sunday.

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