Part of the fabric of the family’s story includes the Mapes Hotel, which stood tall in downtown Reno for over half a century until it was demolished on a chilly winter day on Jan. 30, 2000.

This article, written by then-investigative reporter Frank X. Mullen, originally appeared in the Reno Gazette-Journal on Jan. 30, 2000, the date of the Mapes Hotel-Casino's implosion.

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 ...

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.

As Reno's toniest joint, it hosted a number of high-profile promotions, film premieres and other special events. But all good things come to an end. On Dec. 17, 1982 - exactly 35 years after it opened ...

Charles Mapes Jr. had invested heavily in another downtown Reno casino, the Mapes Money Tree, which had failed, and had been forced into bankruptcy. The hotel’s fate remained uncertain for another 18 ...

RENO, Nev. — You can still spend the night at the Grand Hotel on Michigan’s Mackinac Island, the Sir Francis Drake in San Francisco or the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. If you’ve got the ...

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. January 19, 2025 ...

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.

This event presents a great visual story for local television—featuring my current project, The Mapes Suite, which ...

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 ...

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