I was unpacking a box of books the other day and noticed I had two copies of Patty Cafferata’s “Mapes Hotel and Casino: The History of Reno’s Landmark Hotel.” I flipped open the slim book, which is ...

From the day the Mapes Hotel-Casino closed in 1982 until the day of its implosion on Jan. 30, 2000, debates grew between preservationists urging the building be saved and others wanting to tear it ...

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 rattling ...

This article originally appeared in the Reno Gazette-Journal on Jan. 30, 2000, the date of the Mapes Hotel-Casino's implosion. If the bricks of the Mapes Hotel-Casino could talk, they would tell tales ...

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. The Mapes ...

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.