Abstract
The UNLV Libraries Collection of Harveys Casino Resorts Press Releases and Reports includes annual reports, financial reports, press releases, and promotional materials for Harveys Casino Resorts in Lake Tahoe, Nevada; Central City, Colorado; and Council Bluffs, Iowa, dating from 1994 to 1998.
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Scope and Contents Note
The UNLV Libraries Collection of Harveys Casino Resorts Press Releases and Reports includes annual reports, financial reports, press releases, and promotional materials for Harveys Casino Resorts in Lake Tahoe, Nevada; Central City, Colorado; and Council Bluffs, Iowa, dating from 1994 to 1998. This collection includes materials previously described as "Prospectus, 3,000,000 shares Harveys Casino Resorts common stock."
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
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Biographical / Historical Note
Founded in 1944, Harveys Casino Resorts began operations in Lake Tahoe, Nevada with a one-room cabin on seven acres off U. S. highway 50. The Wagon Wheel Saloon and Gambling Hall, built by Harvey and Llewellyn Gross, featured three slot machines, two card tables, lunches cooked and served by Llewellyn, and the only 24-hour gas pump between Placerville, California and Carson City, Nevada.
In the 1960s, Gross changed the name of the casino to Harveys Resort Hotel & Casino, and expanded again, becoming the largest hotel and casino in the area with eleven floors and 197 rooms. This trend of expansion continued for the next two decades, but was briefly interrupted in 1980, when an extortionist managed to plant a large and sophisticated bomb in the telephone exchange area of the hotel, ultimately detonating and destroying the majority of the gambling floor and northern side of hotel. Gross rebuilt and oversaw the grand opening of the new Harveys in 1981.
The company expanded in the 1980s and 1990s and currently operates Harveys Resort and Casino in Lake Tahoe, Nevada; Harveys Wagon Wheel Casino in Central City, Colorado; and Harveys Casino Hotel in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Sources:
Harvey's Lake Tahoe Hotel and Casino Collection, 1830-1995. MS-00475. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Harveys Casino Resorts History," Funding Universe.com, last accessed October 02, 2019, http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/harveys-casino-resorts-history/
Preferred Citation
UNLV Libraries Collection of Harveys Casino Resorts Press Releases and Reports, 1994-1998. MS-00973. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were acquired periodically by UNLV Special Collections and Archives from a variety of sources; accession number 2019-100.
Processing Note
In 2019 as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Miguel Dominguez compiled the materials from multiple sources that included subject files and previously cataloged material. Miguel Dominguez wrote the finding aid.