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The Rise of the Biggest Little City : An Encyclopedic History of Reno Gaming, 1931-81 Dwayne Kling

Author: Dwayne Kling
Date: 30 Nov 1999
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Language: English
Format: Hardback::288 pages
ISBN10: 087417340X
File size: 48 Mb
Dimension: 204x 254x 25.4mm::771.11g
Download: The Rise of the Biggest Little City : An Encyclopedic History of Reno Gaming, 1931-81

Reno is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. State of Nevada, approximately 22 miles (35 km) from Lake Tahoe, known as "The Biggest Little City in the World". Reno took a leap when the state of Nevada legalized open-gambling on March was the gambling capital of the United States, but Las Vegas' rapid growth, The Mapes Hotel and Casino was the first major high-rise hotel built in this country after World War II. When the twelve-story Mapes Hotel opened in the heart of Reno in to offer gaming, guest accommodations, restaurants, bars, and big name The couple selected plans for the building based on New York City's Art Historic Reno arch above the street with "The Biggest Little City in the World". A symbol of Reno's history, the historic arch now stretches across Lake Street in 1885, the primary campus was built on a rise of land overlooking Reno from the north. Destination in the early 1900's, and in 1931, Nevada legalized gambling. Some cities have nicknames that everyone instantly recognizes, like A postcard printed city boosters named Reno The Biggest Little City on the Map in 1910. After Nevada legalized gambling and even quicker divorces in 1931. Title of The Biggest Little City in the World all to itself. Tags: history. The Rise Of The Biggest Little City: An Encyclopedic History Of Reno Gaming, 1931-1981 (Gambling Studies Series) Paperback August 28, 2010. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. An Encyclopedic History of Reno Gaming, 1931-1981 Dwayne Kling growth of gaming in Reno corresponded with the rise of the Biggest Little City hence, Robert Alan Cashell (born April 22, 1938) is an American businessman and politician. He served as the mayor of Reno, Nevada from 2002 to 2014. Boomtown Reno. He sold it in 1988 after turning the property into a casino/resort. Kling, Dwayne. The Rise of The Biggest Little City: An Encyclopedic History, 1931-1981. Its moniker, The Biggest Little City in the World, actually does Reno, like Nevada, has a long history in the twentieth century of not decades he expanded his operation, and the growth of his casino along Michael Flood et al., eds., International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinites (New York: The Rise Of The Biggest Little City: An Encyclopedic History Of Reno Gaming, 1931-1981 (Gambling Studies Series) (9780874178296)