50 Years of Memories! This aerial photograph of downtown Reno circa 1960 shows the former Nevada State Building on the plot of land where the Pioneer Center sits today, complete with a large park area in front. If you look across the river, you’ll see the former Mapes Hotel & Casino!

Stay and Play at the Best! #mapeshotel #mapesreno #mapescasino #mapescowboys #mapesskyroom @ Mapes Hotel instagram.com/p/BlubE2MFlfA/…

Can you spot the Mapes in this postcard from 1965? @ Mapes Hotel instagram.com/p/BpSyPkXFH8p/…

You can see the lights on inside the Mapes Sky Room. Shared with us by Philip Galbraith. @ Mapes Hotel instagram.com/p/Bn9lZT7nLeu/…

Stay and Play at the Best! #mapeshotel #mapesreno #mapescasino #mapescowboys #mapesskyroom @ Mapes Hotel instagram.com/p/BlubE2MFlfA/…

What was your favorite thing to order in the Mapes Coffee Shop? We are excited about our collection of Mapes china that continues to grow. #mapeshotel #mapescoffeeshop #mapesskyroom… instagram.com/p/BlTZz3ll3Ji/…

Today we remember the @mapeshotel which was imploded today 22 years ago, in seconds the Reno landmark was reduced to rubble along with over half a century of local history. #rememberthemapes #mapeshotel #mapescasino #renohistory #thissideofreno

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“The Heart of Reno’s History”

“Goodbye, Mapes” #thissideofreno

“Stars, glamour, magic —the Mapes Hotel & Casino had it all” #thissideofreno

Thanks David Dedick for bringing the Mapes Hotel & Casino back to life! #thissideofreno

If you remember the Mapes Hotel & Casino, you probably remember the Sky Room. Did you know the Nightingale Sky Room of the Nevada Museum of Art was inspired by this iconic, historic Reno venue?

Mapes Hotel & Casino taken from the RiversideArtistLofts (formerly the Hotel Riverside) 1974 (Hagen Sandoval Collection; Kodachrome Slide) #thissideofreno

“The Queen of Virginia Street” The Mapes Hotel & Casino shuttered and closed is seen in 1992 (Hagen Sandoval Collection; Kodachrome Slide) #thissideofreno

View of Virginia Street from the Mapes Hotel & Casino June 1964 (Hagen Sandoval Collection; Kodachrome Slide) #thissideofreno

Virginia Street looking North with the Masonic Temple on the left and the Mapes Hotel & Casino on the right (Hagen Sandoval Collection; Kodachrome Slide) #thissideofreno

Mapes Hotel & Casino is seen on a summer night in July of 1978 (Hagen Sandoval Collection; Kodachrome Slide) #thissideofreno

Reno's 1947 Mapes Hotel just made a sad list of "19 More Beautiful Structures That Are Now Lost Forever" ow.ly/tQY5Y via NCPH