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 ...

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.

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. - 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 ...

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 Reno's challenges. "The large scale of ...

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 ...

RENO, Nev. - The daughter of a former Reno mayor won a seat on the City Council Tuesday along with an historic preservation activist who fought a losing battle to block the demolition of the old Mapes ...

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

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.

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, Nev. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has ...