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 ...

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 – 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. (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.

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, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...