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Also see Downtown Reno Timeline

Properties are indexed under most recent casino name
Dates and names are from various sources. Changes in ownership are not indicated.
Reno-Sparks Casino Timeline
Latest (2010)Previous Shaded=Closed Casino
Alamo Truck Stop
Sparks
Casino: 8,000 sq ft
Slots: 250 Tables:6
Rooms: 72
Open 1997  
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
 

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
  
Boomtown
I-80 at Verdi
Casino: 43,000 sq ft
Slots: 800 Tables: 22
Rooms: 318
Renamed Boomtown
1967
Rooms: 124 (1992)
Bill and Effie's
Truck Stop Casino
 

Cal-Neva
Casino: 72,000 sq ft
Slots: 1,300 Tables: 46
Rooms: 182 (Onslow tower)
1997-2004 leased Onslow
and Virginian towers
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
5th and VirginiaOpen May 3, 1978
104 rooms
Original building
Gray Reid Dept Store
World Mark Timeshares
2000
Colonial
Closed 1999
Rooms: 268
Two buildings
Commercial Row at
Arlington and at West St
Open 1978
Riverwalk Condominiums
2005
Comstock Apartments
2000-2004
Comstock Hotel
Casino

Closed 2000
Second at West Street
Rooms: 309
Open 1978

Demolished 2005Duke's
Victorian Avenue Sparks
Closed 2004
Victorian Gambling Hall
B Street Gambling Hall
King of Clubs
Open 1975

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
  

Closed 11/30/2008
Vacant
Fitzgerald's
Casino: 26,260 sq ft
Slots: 885 Tables: 28
Rooms: 351
Open 1976
Virginia Street and
Commercial Row
 

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
2001-2005
Casino: 45,000 sq ft
Slots: 750 Tables: 28
Rooms: 604
Flamingo Hilton
1981-2001
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 1987  
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

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 
Harrahs
Casino: 53,100 sq ft
Slots: 1,400 Tables: 68
Rooms: 946
Rooms: 565 (1992)2nd and VirginiaOpen 1946
Retail spaceHorseshoe
Virginia St
Closed as casino 1995
Open 1956 

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

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

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: 1,600
Rooms: 975 (1992)John Ascuaga's Nugget
1960
Dick Grave's
Nugget

1954-1960
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

Closed 2004
Vacant
Old Reno
1973
Town Club
1972-1973
Zimba's
1969-1972
Hotel operated by
Cal-Neva
Onslow Hotel Casino
Closed 1989
Virginia near 1st
Rooms: 182
Open 1977
Demolished 1977
Site of Harrahs
parking garage
OverlandCenter St and
Commercial Row
Open 1931

Demolished 1979Palace ClubCenter St and
Commercial Row
Open 1934
Peppermill
Expansion
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
Wild Orchid
Gentlemen's Club
Ponderosa
Closed 1992
515 S Virginia St
Rooms: 165
Open 1966

Terrible's Rail City
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 ApartmentsReno Hotel
Speakeasy Casino

1999-2001
Reno Ramada
Hotel Casino
1980-1993
Rooms: 232
6th and Lake
Retail Space
Vacant
Riverboat
Closed 1998
2nd and Sierra
Rooms: 120
Open 1988
Riverside Artist's Lofts
residences open 2000
Vacant 1986-2000
Pic Hobson's Riverside
1978-1986
Jessie Beck's
Riverside

1971-1978
Riverside Hotel
Open 1927
Knitting Factory
Concert House

Open December 31, 2009
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

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
Siena Hotel Casino Open 2001
Casino: 23,000 sq ft
Slots: 615 Tables: 22
Rooms: 214
Holiday Hotel Casino
Closed 1998
Center at Mill StOpen 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

Tamarack
Casino: 16,400 sq ft
Slots: 485 Tables: 0
Rooms: 0
S Virginia St
Owned and operated
by the Eldorado
Open 2000 
DemolishedTreasury Club
Sparks
1989-1998 

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

1988-1997
 

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

Also see Downtown Reno Timeline


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