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.

Jan 28, 2025 · 25 years ago, Reno's historic Mapes Hotel-Casino was demolished. Take a look back with us. This article, written by then-investigative reporter Frank X. Mullen, originally appeared in the...

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.

Jan 30, 2025 · 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.

Jan 29, 2025 · 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.

Jan 30, 2025 · 25 years ago on this day, on January 30th, 2000, on Super Bowl Sunday that year, crowds gathered in downtown Reno, tension was in the air, firefighters and police were nervous, birds went crazy, and then in an instant, the 12-story …

Jan 28, 2025 · Archival photos of the Mapes Hotel, as well as former RGJ photographer Marilyn Newton's photos of the implosion of the Mapes Hotel in Reno.

Dec 15, 2017 · When the downtown hotel-casino closed its doors on Dec. 17, 1982, it was a metaphor for the rough-and-tumble Reno that had been and was no more. At 8 a.m. today, the ruined hotel was...

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.

Jun 25, 2024 · The skyline of Reno, Nevada, witnessed a significant change today as the historic Mapes Hotel, once a symbol of the city’s vibrant past, was demolished. The decision to bring down the iconic building, which had stood proudly since its …