From his childhood and college days to his last visit before it was torn down, Rick Casazza remembers his time at Reno’s Mapes Hotel.

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.

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 ...

One of those in-between places was Charles and Gladys Mapes’ hotel-casino in Reno. When the Mapes first opened in 1947, the 12-story hotel was the tallest building in Nevada. It was also “THE ...

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 ...