Though it may not be as famous as Las Vegas, Reno has a booming gambling business ... At the tables, players can try out Blackjack, Roulette or Pai Gow Poker. “Atlantis” or Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, ...

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 ...

An old black-and-white photograph of downtown Reno from 1954 shows a sign with two cowboys standing side by side, their billowing chaps forming the “M” in Mapes Casino. Just below the sign ...

Mullen, originally appeared in the Reno Gazette-Journal on Jan. 30, 2000, the date of the Mapes Hotel-Casino's implosion ... more than a speck on a railroad map. "I remember it going up, brick ...