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Properties are indexed under most recent casino name
Dates and names are from various sources and changes in ownership are not indicated
Slideshow of pictures on this page
Reno-Sparks
Reno-Sparks Casino Timeline
Latest (2010)Previous Shaded=Closed Casino

A
Alamo Truck Stop
Sparks
Expansion 1995
Casino: 8,000 sq ft
Slots: 250 Tables:6
Rooms: 72
Open 1989  
Atlantis S Virginia St
Renamed 1996
Casino: 52,000 sq ft
Slots: 1,400 Tables: 42
Rooms: 983
Clarion
Renamed 1991
Rooms: 303 (1992)
Golden Road
1972
 

B
Baldini's
Open 1988
Casino: 75,000 sq ft
Slots: 700 Tables: 9
Rooms: 0
Shy Clown
1974-1981
Rock and Glendale
Sparks
  
Bonanza
N Virginia St
Casino: 15,000 sq ft
Slots: 420 Tables: 12
Rooms: 0
Bonanza Square
Open 1973
  
Truck Stop closes 2006
Cabela's opens 11/17/07
Boomtown
Casino: 43,000 sq ft
Slots: 800 Tables: 22
Rooms: 318
Renamed Boomtown
1967
Rooms: 124 (1992)
Bill and Effie's
Truck Stop

I-80 at Verdi

C
Cal-Neva
Casino: 72,000 sq ft
Slots: 1,300 Tables: 46
Rooms: 182
Nevadan (Onslow) tower
Bank Tower Sold 2004
Virginian Tower
Nevadan (Onslow) Tower
Rooms: 302
Closed Virginian tower 2004
Cal-Neva
2nd and Center
Open 1948
Fortune Club
1937-1947
Circus Circus
Casino: 65,000 sq ft
Slots: 1,600 Tables: 82
Rooms: 1,572
1981 22-flr North Tower
1986 27-flr SkyTower
Open May 3, 1978
5th and Virginia
104 rooms
Original building
Gray Reid Dept Store
World Mark Timeshares
2000
Colonial
Closed 1999
Rooms: 268
Two buildings
Commercial Row at
Arlington and West St
Open 1978
Riverwalk Condominiums
2005
Comstock Apartments
2000-2004
Comstock Hotel
Casino

Closed 2000
Second at West Street
Rooms: 309
Open 1978

D
Demolished 2005Duke's
1324 Victorian Avenue
Sparks
Closed 2004
Victorian Gambling Hall
1994-1997
B Street Gambling Hall
King of Clubs
1975-1981

E
El Cortez Hotel
Open 1934
2nd and Arlington  
Eldorado
Casino: 81,000 sq ft
Slots: 1,900 Tables: 82
Rooms: 816
Open 1973
4th and Virginia
  

F
Closed 11/30/2008
Vacant

Re-open as CommRow
(no gaming) Oct. 2011
Fitzgerald's
Casino: 26,260 sq ft
Slots: 885 Tables: 28
Rooms: 351
Open 1976
Virginia Street and
Commercial Row
 
Rainbow Bridge
Demolished 2007
Fitzgerald's
Rainbow Bridge building
Open 1993
Gem Casino
1987-1988
275 N. Virginia St.
Poor Pete's
1963-1964

G
Closed 1982
Demolished 1987
Riverboat site
Gold Dust
Downtown

2nd and Sierra
Open
July 1, 1976
 
Gold Dust West
Casino: 17,500 sq ft
Slots: 500 Tables: 0
Rooms: 101
Open 1977
4th and Vine
  
The Montage
Condominiums 2006
2nd and Sierra
Golden Phoenix
2002-2005
Casino: 45,000 sq ft
Slots: 750 Tables: 28
Rooms: 604
Flamingo Hilton
1981-October 2001
Virginia Street casino
Paco's 1989-1992
Sahara 1978-1981
Virginia Street casino
Primadonna
1955-1978
Sierra Vista
Condominiums
2005
Golden Resort
Cheers
4th near Ralston
Pearl Hotel/Casino
Rooms: 154
The Reef
1974-1979
Demolished 1991Gold Club Sparks
1967-1991
  
Gold Ranch
I-80 at stateline, Verdi
Open 1987Prospector Truck Plaza
1978-1985
Verdi Inn
1970-
Grand Sierra
Condo hotel casino
2006
Reno Hilton
1992-2006
Casino: 115,000 sq ft
Slots: 1,500 Tables: 60
Rooms: 2,003
Bally's
1986-1992
MGM Grand
Open May 3, 1978

H
Imploded
October 27, 1999

Site of Harrahs Plaza
Harold's Club
Virginia St
Closed 1995
Open 1935 
DemolishedHarold's Gun Club
1962-1979
Pyramid Lake Highway 
Harrah's
Casino: 53,100 sq ft
Slots: 1,400 Tables: 68
Rooms: 946
26-floor 408 room
Hampton Inn
Opens October 1, 1995
Changed to
Harrah's brand 1997
565 rooms (1992)
Purchased
Bank Building 1990

Planet Hollywood opens
September 5, 1994
Open 1946
2nd and Virginia
Retail spaceHorseshoe
Virginia St
Closed as casino 1995
Open 1956 

K
Vacant
Proposed condominiums
King's Inn
3rd and West
Closed 1982
Rooms: 152Open 1975

M
Imploded
January 30, 2000

Site of City Hall Plaza
Mapes Hotel Casino
Closed 1982
1st and VirginiaOpen 1947
Closed 2007Mint Casino
Slots: 167
1130 Victorian Avenue
Sparks
Open 1972

N
Demolished 1999Nevada Club
Closed 1997
Virginia St
Downtown Reno
Open 1946
John Ascuaga's
Nugget

Casino: 84,000 sq ft
Slots: 1,412 Tables: 50
Rooms: 1,770
(with Courtyard)
First (East) tower opens
March 17, 1987
Total 968 rooms
Sculpted West Tower
opens March 1997,
with 802 rooms
John Ascuaga's Nugget
1960
Nugget Courtyard Hotel
157 rooms
Dick Grave's
Nugget

1954-1960
B Street Sparks
Nugget (Little Nugget)
Virginia St Downtown Reno
Slots: 125 Tables: 0
Jim Kelly's
Nugget

1953-1990
1953 Dick Graves and
Jim Kelly purchase
35x140 foot
Picadilly Club
Picadilly Club
1946-1952

O
Closed 2004
Vacant
Old Reno
1973-2004
Town Club
1972-1973
Zimba's
1969-1972
Hotel operated by
Cal-Neva
Nevadan Tower
Onslow Hotel Casino
Closed 1989
Virginia near 1st
Rooms: 182
Open 1977
Demolished 1977
Site of Harrahs
parking garage
Pick Hobson's
Overland Hotel

1960-1977
Center St and
Commercial Row
Open 1931

P
Demolished 1979
Site of Harrahs Plaza
Palace ClubCenter St and
Commercial Row
Open 1934
Peppermill
Tuscany Suite expansion
Total rooms: 1,625
(2007)
Peppermill
Casino: 80,000 sq ft
Slots: 1,600 Tables: 48
Rooms: 1,025 (1996)
S Virginia St
First hotel-casino
expansion 1981
Rooms: 631
1971
Coffee Shop-Lounge
Demolished 2001Pioneer Inn
Closed 2001
Virginia at Court St
Rooms: 252
Open 1972
Ponderosa Hotel
Wild Orchid
Gentlemen's Club
Ponderosa
Casino closed 1992
515 S Virginia St
Rooms: 165
Open 1966

R
Rail City
Terrible's

2006
Rail City 1997
Casino: 16,000 sq ft
Slots: 625 Tables: 6
Rooms: 0
Plantation
Open 1967
B Street Sparks
Reno Ramada 2009
Diamond's Casino 1995
Casino: 10,000 sq ft
Slots: 257 Tables: 8
Reno Plaza 2008
286 rooms
Diamond's Casino
Holiday Inn
286 rooms
Diamond's Casino 1995
Open 1975
6th at Sutro
Monte Carlo Casino
Reno Regency ApartmentsRamada Inn
Speakeasy Casino

1999-2001
Ramada Inn
Hotel Casino
1980-1993
Rooms: 232
6th and Lake
VacantRiver Inn
Holiday Spa

1972-1979
Holiday Lodge
1963-1968
Lawton's Hot
Springs
1931-1940
W Fourth at old Hwy 40
Riverboat ApartmentsRiverboat
Closed 1998
2nd and Sierra
Rooms: 120
Open 1988
Riverside Artist's Lofts
Residences open 2000
Vacant 1986-2000
Pick Hobson's Riverside
1978-1986
Jessie Beck's
Riverside

1971-1978
Riverside Hotel
Open 1927
Knitting Factory
Concert House

Open 12/31/09
Rocky's 2002-2004
The Gambler 1993-2002
Eddie's Fabulous 50's
1987-1989
Players 1984
Mapes Money Tree
Open May 3, 1978
Closed 1982

S
Sands Regency
Casino: 27,000 sq ft
Slots: 650 Tables: 22
Rooms: 938
Mr. C's 1981-1983
Absorbed by Sands
4th and ArlingtonOpen 1970
Closed
October 21, 2010
Siena Hotel Casino
Open 2001, 214 rooms
Casino: 23,000 sq ft
Slots: 615 Tables: 22
Holiday Hotel
Casino
Center at Mill
Closed 1998
Open 1956
Sierra Sid's Sparks
I-80 at McCarran
Slots: 186
Expansion became
Western Village in 1987
 Open 1978
Closed
January 10, 2009
Silver Club Sparks
Casino: 17,500 sq ft
Slots: 850 Tables: 15
Rooms: 204
Karl's Silver ClubOpen 1963
Silver Legacy
Casino: 87,341 sq ft
Slots: 2,160 Tables: 86
Rooms: 1,712
Virginia Street
between 4th and 5th
Open 1995
  
Retail spaceSilver Spur
1968-1981
Virginia Street 
Belvedere Condominiums
Proposed 2006
Sundowner
Closed 2003
Casino: 19,040 sq ft
Slots: 658 Tables: 16
Rooms: 593
4th and ArlingtonOpen 1976

T
Tamarack
Casino: 16,400 sq ft
Slots: 485 Tables: 0
Rooms: 0
S Virginia St
Owned and operated
by the Eldorado
Open 2000 
Demolished 2006Treasury Club
Sparks
1989-1998 
Demolished 2004Turf ClubCenter Street and
Commercial Row
 

V
VacantVirginian Tower
Operated by Cal Neva
Rooms: 120
Closed 2004
Virginian
Hotel-Casino

1988-1997
 

W
Western Village
Casino: 27,000 sq ft
Slots: 1,019 Tables: 10
Rooms: 285
Nichols Blvd. SparksSierra Sid's expansion
acquired by the
Peppermill became
Western Village
Open 1987

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