“Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas”—the peculiar kingdom of extravagance, decadence, and reinvention. Th iconic signage that ...

Built in the mid-1940s from 20-year-old plans, the Mapes' art deco style was already becoming nostalgic. It opened as ...

"When Las Vegas eclipsed ... of Reno casinos, but it had no hotel. Charley Mapes presided over his property with an iron hand that those who remember him say often held a drink. Old friends ...