Harveys Lake Tahoe is a hotel and casino located in Stateline, Nevada. It has 740 rooms and suites as well as six restaurants and casinos with 87,500 square feet (8,130 m 2 ) space. It also has an arcade video, wedding chapel, swimming pool, convention center and a full-service health club. Owned by Vici Properties and operated by Caesars Entertainment.
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History
Harvey's was originally opened in 1944 and operated by wholesale meater Sacramento Harvey Gross and his wife Llewellyn. They opened the first tiered tower and an 11-floor roomed hotel in 1963.
The hotel suffered an explosion from a 1,000-pound bomb on August 27, 1980, which left a three-story crater when it was detonated by the FBI. (The area around the hotel has been cleaned and nobody has been hurt.) The bomb was placed by John Birges, Fresno landscape gardener who has lost at least $ 1 million in casinos in Stateline and hopes to extort $ 3 million from a bomb threat. He was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, where he died of liver cancer in 1996.
In 1983, Harvey Gross died at the age of 78; However, the company continues to operate under the family management. In 1985, Harveys sold Harvey's Inn, northeast of Stateline, which reopened as Lakeside Inn. The 18-story, $ 74 million, glass "Lake Tower" opened in 1986, the same year the trademark "Wagon Wheel" was replaced on the 11-story tower under the current Harveys brand.
In early 1992, Harveys entered into a bidding war with Hilton Hotels Corporation on the right to purchase Bally's Reno, which opened on May 3, 1978, as MGM Grand Reno (now Grand Sierra Resort). Harveys announced a deal on a deal worth $ 71 million, just to see Hilton raise the bet to $ 73 million and Bally's assumed debt. A few weeks later, after considering a higher bid, a federal bankruptcy court resolved the issue by agreeing to Hilton's final $ 83 million offer.
After going public on February 15, 1994, Harveys started a new project including a joint venture with Hard Rock America for a $ 80 million casino in Las Vegas, which then sold interest in 1997 and then a casino resort in Central City, Colorado. A casino boat convention center in Council Bluffs, Iowa followed in early 1996.
In the late 90's, Bill Cosby was signed as a Harveys spokesperson. This includes putting actors on some casino chips and recording some specials in the casino.
In 1999, Colony Capital bought a controlling stake in Harveys Casino Resorts. Harveys announced on April 24, 2001, that it would be acquired by Harrah's Entertainment (now Caesars Entertainment) for $ 625 million.
In October 2017, property ownership was transferred to Vici Properties as part of a company spin-off, and leased back to Caesars Entertainment.
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See also
- List of Entertainment Caesars
- List of casinos in Nevada
References
- Ferchland, William (August 22, 2005). "Harvey's bombing changed the casino forever". Tahoe Daily Tribune .
- "The 25th anniversary of the Harveys bombing". Reno Gazette-Journal . August 2005.
External links
- Official website
- Related media to Harveys Lake Tahoe Resort and Casino on Wikimedia Commons
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