Veteran casino executive Ferenc Szony, whose dad used to perform at the Mapes, remembers his time at the hotel as a kid and ...

RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - A balance scale from the ... acquired by a local resident and later became an attraction at the Nugget Casino that opened in Sparks, Nevada in 1955. The casino’s General ...

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 ...