Let's GO INSIDE two historic buildings in downtown Reno, Nevada that were once major casinos!

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  • @jaxwest6289
    @jaxwest6289 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    I so much miss old Reno.

    • @robertcourser24
      @robertcourser24 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me too today's reno SUCKS

  • @kenmckinnell8153
    @kenmckinnell8153 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Good video. I like secret places, tunnels, rooftops, catwalks, crawlspaces, basements and alleyways.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Groovy - thanx for watching - I'll see what else I can get!

    • @kenmckinnell8153
      @kenmckinnell8153 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SteveTRYK The old gym up at UNR needs to be explored.

  • @tjcaruthers5593
    @tjcaruthers5593 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Steve another great episode. Seeing the inside of The Horseshoe again after 30yrs was a trip. The new owner seemed a little more excited about showing off the place than you were seeing the old building. I hope he and the Moneytree, The Knitting Factory, The Brewhouse owner find success with these buildings that will home thier businesses and keep some of old Reno alive and well. I miss how my hometown use to be. Seeing these old snapshots of when this town was so different brings tears to my eyes. Thanks again Steve.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great comments - thanks!

  • @KaseyLeSourd
    @KaseyLeSourd 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Your videos are great. I love how genuine they are and how you can tell you put a lot of effort into telling Reno’s rich history.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I appreciate that!

  • @danielgcooper54
    @danielgcooper54 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    A great memory of Eddies Fabulous 50s, the staff was dressed appropriately like the dance contest in the movie Grease. They actually played “The Hand Jive” throughout the casino and all the employees were doing the dance. It was a great time, fun to see the people in that place having fun. Kinda breaking from the Casino floor tradition.

  • @greghoff3132
    @greghoff3132 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Great to see behind the facades. Appreciate the owners and current operators for letting you in! A great challenge to re-purpose some of those places. Hopefully through them and others, new energy will help revitalize downtown Reno. Thanks for the story Steve!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for the comments Greg!

    • @iworkout6912
      @iworkout6912 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If the buildings were in Vegas they would be long gone. We all know of all the casinos that are gone in Vegas, the list is very long.

  • @brianc6218
    @brianc6218 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Another cool video. I haven’t lived in Reno since 1994 so it was kinda going back to the days I lived there. Interesting to see how they just left things there and hasn’t changed in 30 years.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks - that surveillance room was a trip!

  • @diamanteracer
    @diamanteracer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Great video and awesome content. I came across your channel a few weeks ago. I was pleasantly surprised this wasn’t a realtor channel like most other Reno content creators. I was born in Reno in 81 and have never left. All of this is very fascinating please keep up the good work. I look forward to every video you drop.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I appreciate that you watch and enjoy - this channel is for folks like you - cheers!

  • @mwpetty4379
    @mwpetty4379 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Loved this video… I lived in Reno in the early 1980’s - I worked at Harrah’s. I remember the day when the Mapes/Money Tree closed. Unfortunately it was right before Christmas. Some benefactors stepped up and raised money to pay the employees.
    Enjoyed the tour and behind the scenes. BTW the old roulette chips at Horseshoe do have a value with chip collectors. They can fetch $5-10 each.
    Love your videos… keep up the good work.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for watching! It was so cool that those chips were still there!

  • @tobysan1966
    @tobysan1966 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for making this effort and taking the time for this video. Most of us would not get a chance to see some “behind the scenes” places. Very cool, Steve!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers Tobysan! So cool that you're watching!

  • @RoadkillCustoms
    @RoadkillCustoms 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    What a fascinating tour behind the old scenes!

  • @SterlingWheel
    @SterlingWheel 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It was awesome that you were allowed to see all that abandoned history. I hope you have plans for more videos like this!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If I can get access, I certainly will!

  • @MightyHumbleBumble
    @MightyHumbleBumble 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you. That was fun. I hope more Reno owners see your channel and open more buildings for show and tell. I went to UNR in the late 70s/early 80s and is a blast to see these old places. Good luck!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thaks for watching - show and tell - I'll use that!

  • @jeremylindeman1620
    @jeremylindeman1620 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Yes the Mapes was a landmark for sure. When I was a kid my parents loved going into Eddie's Fabulous 50's. We had t-shirts, decks of cards, all kinds of branded swag

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Eddie's was cool - not sure what prompted its demise...

  • @audiepeterson3118
    @audiepeterson3118 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Very cool video, really enjoyed seeing they are trying to keep some of the old casino vibes going!!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you enjoyed!

  • @elizabethcalef6225
    @elizabethcalef6225 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Enjoy your videos. I was a cocktail waitress briefly at the old Horshoe in 1972. Also at Harold's Club for a longer period of time in the same era. Reno was a happening place then.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nice!

  • @robertcourser24
    @robertcourser24 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    I'm still heartbroken about the mapes they tore down such a historical landmark for reno to basically put a homeless park you don't want to be around at night people laying around doing drugs and nothing but trouble absolutely DISGUSTING almost as bad as turning harrahs into apartments reno will never be the same as it was when I was a kid. Homeless, druggies panhandling downtown it's n wonder there's no tourist as there once was I don't even go downtown anymore it's sad

    • @mikecarr1484
      @mikecarr1484 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@CapoLady There was no such thing back then. Man society has brain washed you .

    • @danielgcooper54
      @danielgcooper54 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Loved the Mapes.

  • @thewillies6329
    @thewillies6329 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amazing video! thank you so much for this! Grateful for all your content and gems you dig up!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  หลายเดือนก่อน

      I appreciate that! Cheers!

  • @unchainedsilver9702
    @unchainedsilver9702 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video ...was in Reno last week and loved it but wish i could have experienced it back in the day when the DT was hopping with clubs and more casinos that were open ....Fascinating that most the old buildings still exists . hopefully they can be brought back to life again in some other form ...Would be cool to see a lot of the old neon restored or brought back in LED form to Jazz up DT more at night .....

  • @jtsrecordroom3963
    @jtsrecordroom3963 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great video. Are you related to Neil Cobb, the Reno historian ? 😊

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Neal is a friend of mine - no further relation! ;-) See Neal in my "Skeleton Lady of Reno" video.

    • @jtsrecordroom3963
      @jtsrecordroom3963 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      OK.. Thanks , Steve ! There is almost a resemblance, but.. not really ! Thank you, and for keeping the history of our region accurate ☺ I'm at the old Flanigan building on 4th Forever Yours Furniture

  • @rexburch4146
    @rexburch4146 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dude !!! That was Bad Ass

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks - I appreciate it!

  • @jerinbateman4871
    @jerinbateman4871 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Truly excellent video dude. I’m glad you’re getting more opportunities to do these exclusive access type of looks.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks - hoping to get more!

  • @philip90
    @philip90 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    great walk throughs, keep exploring and posting.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We shall! Thanks!

  • @cheriereevessperr2942
    @cheriereevessperr2942 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    VERY cool!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanx!

  • @johnstone-ii8tx
    @johnstone-ii8tx 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    absolutely festinating. i love historic architecture. thank you.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @usarvnw
    @usarvnw 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Dude, that was super kool, really awesome to see the old change boxs and roulette chips laying around. Not to mention the old cat walks with the guy talking about Surveillance up there with there binoculars, just like walking in a time capsule. I worked at the Horseshoe for a very short time as a Craps Dealer in the late 80s. I remember the owner yelling at me to keep my eyes on the dice when I was the stick man. Lol
    If the walls of some of these old Reno Casino buildings could talk!
    Keep up the good works!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for your viewership!

  • @RFToob
    @RFToob 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great informative vid. Enjoyed this, thx. Yes, Too many wonderful old buildings go the way of the wrecking ball…only to leave us with a parking lot. Surely we as a community can do better than that. Cheers.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We don't need any more parking lots! Actually, maybe we do... but not at the expense of historic buildings!

  • @ronaldmcdonald3965
    @ronaldmcdonald3965 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for the explanation. I used to take business trips there but was too busy to pay attention

  • @michaelgalea5148
    @michaelgalea5148 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Thanks for the tour

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You bet!

  • @williamcarlin7915
    @williamcarlin7915 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've seen many shows at the Brewhouse, Including bands from the UK and India. Great venue. Thanks for the inside look.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I saw my favorite band of the modern area there twice - Volbeat! Cheers!

  • @mothbot
    @mothbot 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I kept expecting a door to slam by itself or some other jump scare! Such interesting tours!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It is Halloween season... Thanks!

  • @dekesyastephens2696
    @dekesyastephens2696 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I think maybe you should do a video on the old onslow Tower and the river boat they connect!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Cool!

  • @jeffreyellison2252
    @jeffreyellison2252 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amazing Tour, Thanks Steve!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for watching and commenting!

  • @rubyred93chev
    @rubyred93chev 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    _Recently subscribed to your really interesting channel. My parents retired to Reno in the late 70s, and my Father knew Charlie Mapes personally(they were both Shriners together). I lived in the Biggest Little City from early 1982 to late 1987, and still remember the fun times I had in this Northern Nevada town. (I was also lucky enough to work as a banquet waiter for a few parties held in the Sky Room, right before it closed). Sad the building wasn't saved as a historical landmark._

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for watching!

  • @slimsanka3846
    @slimsanka3846 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Oh my goodness I was going to shows at the knitting factory when I was 14 years old

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Gotta love an all-ages venue!

  • @Dr_Bombay
    @Dr_Bombay 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i was a member of the people who tried to save the Mapes. i still hate that we lost that one. So cool to see inside these two other casinos -- i'm surprised so much of it is unchanged -- that 3rd floor with the boilers and stuff in the Money Tree is INSANE. Also, i want that cigarette machine! haha. Great video as always!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There's probably still stale cigarettes in there! Thanks!

    • @Dr_Bombay
      @Dr_Bombay 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SteveTRYK probably! blargh -- i just want the machine, haha.

  • @denisec9231
    @denisec9231 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The old, closed casinos downtown are now museums! The surveillance rooms with the original equipment. That's amazing. I wonder how long those old buildings will stay that way. I don't go downtown anymore. Kind of scary at present.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was not expecting the coolness of that surveillance room!

  • @GerardAhern-sq1wh
    @GerardAhern-sq1wh 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That's the Reno I used to know. I bet I know some of the people in the pictures in the surveillance room. Haven't lived in Reno since 1999. I grew up there.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for watching and I hope it wasn't me! ;-)

  • @jancoyote52
    @jancoyote52 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very good. Thanks😮

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanx for watching!

  • @luke_from_online
    @luke_from_online 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The Skate park downtown adds something good to Reno but definitely is not a good place to walk at night. Also, shout out to Scott on the camera but I want to see more of what they are looking at, the subject is in the frame perfectly but I can't stop wondering what they were looking at in the coin room! Loved the video, Cheers !!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks for the feedback!

  • @ezedmiller1
    @ezedmiller1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I used to go in there for $5 prime rib all the time,

  • @jbawden
    @jbawden 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm with you...when you drink anything from Sierra Nevada BC. Cool video, especially when the current tenants know of, and honor, the history of the space they occupy.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers!

  • @OakDM83
    @OakDM83 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Todd doesn’t know his building lease from leasing the building… definitely owns the business! 😂

  • @jimfree0
    @jimfree0 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hell YES~!

  • @giuliom8520
    @giuliom8520 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video! This could have been split into two videos, though.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That was considered but I thought it best to keep the theme together. Thanks!

  • @rexburch4146
    @rexburch4146 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Question ? Have you did a story on the old Liberty Belle Steak house

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I haven't yet - don't know if there's enough source material but it a possibility!

  • @brentknigge8772
    @brentknigge8772 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I remember the Money Tree back in 1969 - 1972.

  • @DG-hb8rh
    @DG-hb8rh 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks for the videos, too bad some of the old casinos were changed so much . Hey how about a video on interesting things found in the renovations and demolition ? If not too dangerous?

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Interesting!

  • @kellyfehrer
    @kellyfehrer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The real action the Money tree property ever saw was when it was Eddies Fabulous Fifties it was packed the first year lots of great fifties music action and fun ! I worked there from the first day to its last Where the Good times rolled in Reno , "I worked the "Drive in bar " upstairs at Eddies when Clint Eastwood was filming Pink Cadillac and they made the bar their graveyard HQ for the production

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Eddie's was pretty cool for it's short life! Cheers!

  • @laikapupkino1767
    @laikapupkino1767 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    They should have at least kept some of that classic art deco friezework from the top of the Mapes and incorporated it into something downtown, or have it stretch across interstate 80 where that CVS drugstore sits over the freeway. Or SOMETHING. For me that was the old hotel's best feature and worth saving, even if the rest of it could only ever be a ruin.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      There is a token display of it on West St. in downtown - but you're right - something more significant would have been appropriate!

    • @laikapupkino1767
      @laikapupkino1767 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SteveTRYK At least we still have the old post office building right across the river 😁

  • @user-Rover_NV
    @user-Rover_NV 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Can you do a video on the old motels on E 4th st 🙏
    Very Cool video 💥

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Interesting!

  • @pixpusher
    @pixpusher 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Very cool. Too bad you didn't have more lighting for those dark spaces.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We were running and gunning and didn't have a way to plan ahead really. Thanks!

  • @benedetto75
    @benedetto75 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I bit sad to see these beautiful historic buildings downtown all boarded up and not being used. Would be incredible to see a revival of downtown. The Harrah's project seems to be at a complete stand still. The little Nugget sits locked up. I hope this owner of the Horseshoe building follows through with his plans on making it a useful space for everyone to enjoy again. We need more of that down there as well as a clean up of transients and loiterers to make tourists feel safer while visiting. As of right now, most locals don't spend time downtown unless there is an event and tourist stay in the casinos that make up The Row since you never have to actually walk on Virginia and avoid the bad elements.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I also hope for a revitalized downtown!

  • @mikehong2691
    @mikehong2691 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    My Mother&Cousin Gladys-Used To Play-The Slots!@THE HORSESHOE CASINO!-Their Favorite Games!-Raymond "Mike" Hong!&(I Was-With Them!-I Was-5 Years Old-Mike!)😎👍!!!!!!!!!

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cool!

  • @mtbalpinecounty
    @mtbalpinecounty 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I noticed that old boiler lines are still wrapped with Asbestos..
    I know because my dad was a Steam Boiler engineer in San Francisco and in the Navy.
    This is on my part is fact. My dad has Asbestosis..but i spent many years visiting at his job..
    Im fine though..
    Just an observation...

    • @nadapuesnada7716
      @nadapuesnada7716 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I saw that, too. Disintegrating asbestos is really nasty.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Interesting - probably good that they just leave that stuff alone up there!

  • @mikegggg222
    @mikegggg222 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    BOILER ROOM,ABOUT AN OLD MAN,WHO USE TO RUN THE CASINO,STILL HAUNTS GUEST,MISSING PATRONS,LOST,ENTANGLED, IMPRISONED,,SET LOCATION, I want to be in it.😅

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      A movie pitch - I like it!

    • @mikegggg222
      @mikegggg222 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@SteveTRYK LOCATION AND LOGISTICS ARE PERFECT FOR PRODUCTION COMPANIES 👌

  • @genechronister7085
    @genechronister7085 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Reno sure changed after the indian casinos came in,among other changes

  • @garymunson2493
    @garymunson2493 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    In 1985 the 2nd floor coffee shop at the Horseshoe was the morning "mustering" spot for the Reno elevator technicians. Until... I was sitting next to one of the guys and as he was eating his pancakes, I looked over and noticed a brown spot where he had cut off a piece to eat. I pointed it out and at closer examination it was revealed to be the half of the cockroach he had not eaten....

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yikes!

  • @MrShobar
    @MrShobar 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The band gets ready? What gets consumed down there?

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I've taken the oath! ;-)

  • @armandtoledo6706
    @armandtoledo6706 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Worked for Harrah's in the 80's and loved old Reno. The family started going there in the 60's It was so beautiful to go down Virginia st in those days. Such a crime to see what local officials have done to Reno. The Mapes hotel casino was a monumental example of Art Deco architecture and should have been preserved. I've heard many reasons for its destruction...all bullshit. It's sickening to see what's happened to old Reno

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I agree that the downtown core needs better planning.

  • @Truelib99Hobbes
    @Truelib99Hobbes 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Destroying mapes was one of the worst decisions the city ever made. It completely destroyed the fabric of downtown Reno.

  • @gregoryford9374
    @gregoryford9374 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Mapes was not demolished (exploded) on a Super Bowl Sunday

  • @weirdshibainu
    @weirdshibainu 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    After 40 years, recently left Reno. It's a dumpster fire, expensive, crime ridden, corrupt, crowded.

  • @1800luce
    @1800luce 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you for the tour of the west side Virginian street casinos! Have always wondered what what lurked inside. After viewing this video, I am convinced that these buildings need to go. Aside from the Whitney Peak, the rest of the buildings are truly eyesores. I would be embarrassed to admit I was the owner of the Money Tree located on the corner of Second and Sierra streets. A more hideous looking building doesn't exist. They look bad from the outside and from the video, things don't get any better on the inside. Since many of these buildings have been closed for decades, can't we agree nothing will ever become of them? I would love to see a vibrant downtown Reno the people would like to visit. Aside from First Street, the rest of downtown is a bit of an embarrassment. Would love to read comments from other subscribers on what needs to be saved and what needs to go.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The expansion (2nd and Sierra) is owned by someone else and we weren't able to go inside that area.

  • @mikecarr1484
    @mikecarr1484 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Tell you a quick story i worked downtown for years. Sundowner to Sands, Comstock, Fitzgeralds. I recently was working for El Dorado. I called the health department on our restaurants because they are not storing meat properly and cockroaches have gotten so bad they run around in daytime.
    They fired me last week. Don't eat at Brew Brothers. Lastrada, Roxy's... All roach infested. Even the employee restaurant has roaches and fruit flys so bad you can't eat your salad without being swarmed. They are literally running the place into the ground.

  • @danielgcooper54
    @danielgcooper54 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    VHS tapes!!!! Try to get a look at them.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That would be fun! But probably the same view for hours on end!

    • @danielgcooper54
      @danielgcooper54 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SteveTRYK true, but perhaps a look at the old casino floor.

  • @Gryphonisle
    @Gryphonisle 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ll say! The pending destruction of the Mapes, given how little of historic value Reno has, has kept me away from Reno. Just couldn’t see the point. Tahoe does gambling with better scenery and nobody does sheer tackiness better than Vegas.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lots of history here - the angle of my channel is to bring more of it to light!

  • @robinwhitman8840
    @robinwhitman8840 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Reporpous

  • @aaronrogers1971
    @aaronrogers1971 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This was a great video until a Keshmiri got involved. I've been (and even worked) in many buildings touched by that name since 1994 and the places the brothers own/run are all subpar in their conditions, often taking advantage of the clientele in every aspect. They're also notorious for false advertising and cheating their way into various endeavors because of their "money talks, bullsh¡t walks" rhetoric. Mind you, Jami is much nicer and smarter than his brother but they both use their rich roots to disparage others who don't/didn't have the same nepotist luxuries they have.
    Clarity: I love your videos but because of my lengthy history here, I'm going to call out some humans for their lack of humanity.

  • @elizabethcalef6225
    @elizabethcalef6225 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Too much competition from Vegas.

    • @printhog
      @printhog 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      too much competition form California Indian Casinos... THEY ended Reno's monopoly hold on Bay Area gamblers.

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Reno had more tourist traffic than Las Vegas up until I believe 1962.

    • @elizabethcalef6225
      @elizabethcalef6225 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@printhog True. But Nevada/Reno had been trying to expand its economic viability for decades.

  • @scottlindrum9341
    @scottlindrum9341 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I remember a guy was inside the Mapes right before they blew it up.
    Can't belive it's been 25 yrs

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Time is flying!

  • @waynefontaine5533
    @waynefontaine5533 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I lived in Reno back in '99-'00, worked at Custom Glass when it was located across from the hospital on 2nd St...I was there when they tore down the Mapes, that was terrible to see, and from what I was told every room had a different theme in the Mapes" heyday...hey, can you still get an Awful-Awful at the Nugget?! That was the best hangover food I've ever had...and is Ryan's Saloon still in business? I'm a Clamper and that was the local watering hole for EVC members...anyway, I lived a block and a half up behind Jeremiah's Steakhouse, off of Plumb and Keitzke...I miss Reno and that time of my life, I was 26 when I had to move to Cleveland, Ohio, and soon after that some animals of the "religion of peace" flew planes into the WTC and Pentagon, which compelled me to enlist in USArmy and subsequently deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan...Great channel here, I'm subbed..🤘🏻🇺🇸

    • @SteveTRYK
      @SteveTRYK  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hell yeah Wayne! The Nugget Diner is sadly gone - I could never finish the fries. Not sure about Ryans. Thank you for your sub and thank you for your service!!!