Casino Owners in Combustible Predicament

Casino History, Casino: Takeovers, Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Robbery / Theft / Embezzling, Gambling History, Gambling License, Gaming History, Governing / Regulatory Bodies: Reno City Council (NV), It Really Happened, Law Enforcement / Judicial System: Lawsuit, Nevada, Reno--Nevada, The Den (Reno, NV), United StatesLeave a comment

1949-1950 The Den opened its doors in spring 1949. The proprietors — Donald A. Bentley, John R. Hope and Robert M. Colahan — likely were hoping for at least as long a run as their predecessors’, nine-plus years, when the property was called the Louvre. But it didn’t happen. In mid-September 1949, from the basement…

Bomb Extortion Plan Blows Up

Crimes / Violence / Punishments: Bombings, Gambling, Harvey A. Gross, It Really Happened, Stateline--Nevada, Wagon Wheel Saloon and Gambling Hall / Harvey's Wagon Wheel / Harvey's Resort Hotel (Stateline, NV)3 Comments

1980 Thirty-five years ago, on August 27, an intricate bomb blasted a chasm that spanned six of the 11 floors of Harvey’s Resort Hotel at Lake Tahoe’s South Shore. The explosion hadn’t been intentional but, rather, the result of the best idea experts could conceive of to disarm the instrument. “To this day it remains…