Harveys Resort And Casino In Lake Tahoe Nevada

  
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Harveys Lake Tahoe Resort & Casino details section: This casino is found in Stateline, Nevada. Harveys Lake Tahoe Resort & Casino features 830 slot machines and 71 table games for you to indulge in. World Casino Directory also books hotel rooms in the major casino resorts in Stateline. You can browse our photos of Harveys Lake Tahoe Resort & Casino or see the latest news headlines about. Tahoe's Big Bang In the summer of 1980, Harvey's Resort Hotel and Casino, along the California border in Stateline, Nevada, became the site of the largest domestic bombing in U.S. It would continue to hold that distinction for more than a decade, until the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993.

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Harveys Resort And Casino In Lake Tahoe Nevada

Escape to the Sierra Nevada Mountains for an idyllic getaway at Harveys Lake Tahoe. Conveniently located off the lake's scenic southern shore, this elegant hotel and casino offers inviting accommodations with breathtaking views and an array of amenities that'll make your stay extraordinary. Harveys Lake Tahoe Hotel & Casino. 18 Highway 50, Stateline, NV 89449, United States of America–Great location - show map. After booking, all of the property’s details, including telephone and address, are provided in your booking confirmation and your account. Hotels near Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline on Tripadvisor: Find 20,356 traveler reviews, 6,260 candid photos, and prices for 287 hotels near Harveys Lake Tahoe in Stateline, NV.

Harveys Lake Tahoe
Location Stateline, Nevada, U.S.
Address 18 U.S. Route 50
Opening date1944; 76 years ago
ThemePavilion
No. of rooms742
Total gaming space87,500 sq ft (8,130 m2)
Notable restaurants19 Kitchen – Bar
Caba Wabo Cantina
Carvel
Cinnabon
Hard Rock Cafe
Sage Room
Starbucks
Straw Hat Sports Bar & Grille
OwnerVici Properties
Operating license holderCaesars Entertainment
ArchitectMartin Stern, Jr. and Associates
Previous namesWagon Wheel Saloon & Gaming Hall
Harveys Wagon Wheel
Renovated in1963: 11-story Mountain Tower
1986: 19-story Lake Tower
Coordinates38°57′37″N119°56′33″W / 38.9603°N 119.9424°WCoordinates: 38°57′37″N119°56′33″W / 38.9603°N 119.9424°W
Websitecaesars.com/harveys-tahoe
Harveys Resort And Casino In Lake Tahoe Nevada

Harveys Lake Tahoe is a hotel and casino located in Stateline, Nevada. It has 742 rooms and suites as well as six restaurants and a casino with 87,500 square feet (8,130 m2) of space. It also has a video arcade, wedding chapel, pool, convention center and a full-service health club. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by Caesars Entertainment.

History[edit]

Harvey's was originally opened in 1944 and operated by Sacramento meat wholesaler Harvey Gross and his wife Llewellyn. They opened the first high rise tower and an 11-story, 197-room hotel in Nevada just across the state line from Lake Tahoe, California in 1963.[1]

Harveys Lake Tahoe Hotel

Harvey's Resort Hotel in the late 1960s. Across the street, Harrah's only had a casino and no hotel yet; its hotel was built in the early 1970s.

The hotel suffered an explosion from a 1,000-pound bomb on August 27, 1980, that left a crater three stories deep when it was detonated by the FBI. (The area around the hotel had been cleared and no one was injured.) The bomb was placed by John Birges, a heavily in-debt Fresno landscaper who had lost at least $1 million at casinos in Stateline and was hoping to extort $3 million from the bomb threat. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, where he died from liver cancer in 1996.[2]

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In 1983, Harvey Gross died at the age of 78; however, the company continued to operate under family management. In 1985, Harveys sold Harvey's Inn, northeast of Stateline, which reopened as the Lakeside Inn. The 18-story, $74 million, glass 'Lake Tower' opened in 1986,[3] the same year the trademark 'Wagon Wheel' was replaced on the 11-story tower with the current Harveys brand.

In early 1992, Harveys entered a bidding war with Hilton Hotels Corporation over the right to buy Bally's Reno, which opened on May 3, 1978, as MGM Grand Reno (now Grand Sierra Resort). Harveys announced an agreement on a $71 million deal, only to see Hilton up the ante to $73 million and assumption of Bally's debt. Several weeks later, after considering even higher bids, a federal bankruptcy court settled the matter by approving Hilton's final $83 million offer.

After going public on February 15, 1994, Harveys began new projects including a joint venture with Hard Rock America for an $80 million casino in Las Vegas, which it later sold its interest in 1997 and then a casino resort in Central City, Colorado. A riverboat casino-convention center in Council Bluffs, Iowa, followed in early 1996.

In the late 1990s, Bill Cosby was signed on as the spokesman for Harveys.[4] This included putting the actor's likeness on several of the casino chips[5] and recording several specials at the casino.[6]

Harveys Resort And Casino In Lake Tahoe Nevada City

The 1980 explosion that destroyed three floors of the hotel.
Resort

In 1999, Colony Capital bought a controlling interest in Harveys Casino Resorts. Harveys announced on April 24, 2001, that it would be acquired by Harrah's Entertainment (later Caesars Entertainment) for $625 million.

On October 6, 2017, ownership of the property was transferred to Vici Properties as part of a corporate spin-off, and it was leased back to Caesars Entertainment.[7][8]

References[edit]

  1. ^'Harvey's hotel now open to the public,' Lake Tahoe News, April 5, 1963
  2. ^'John Birges, Sr.,' The Associated Press, September 6, 1996
  3. ^'Celebration set for new tower,' Tahoe Daily Tribune, June 26, 1986
  4. ^http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/harveys-casino-resorts-history/
  5. ^http://www.marlowcasinochips.com/nevada/TahoeStateline/Harveys/Harveys.htm
  6. ^http://www.laketahoenews.net/2014/01/now-stateline-casino-ownership/
  7. ^'Vici Properties Inc., completes spin-off from Caesars Entertainment Operating Company' (Press release). Vici Properties. October 6, 2017 – via NewsBank.
  8. ^Form 424B4: Prospectus (Report). Vici Properties. February 2, 2018. pp. F-54 – via EDGAR.
  • Ferchland, William (August 22, 2005). 'Harvey's bombing changed casinos forever'. Tahoe Daily Tribune.
  • '25th anniversary of Harveys bombing'. Reno Gazette-Journal. August 2005.

External links[edit]

  • Official website
  • Media related to Harveys Lake Tahoe Resort and Casino at Wikimedia Commons
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