Apache Hotel, Las Vegas' first luxury hotel (air-conditioned lobby & elevator), opens on Fremont Street, Downtown Las Vegas
1935
Hoover Dam dedicated by President Franklin Roosevelt
Raymond “Pappy” Smith opens Reno's Harold's Club, the first casino to stress customer service and to advertise itself widely with “Harold's Club or Bust”
1937
William (Bill) Fisk Harrah opens his first bingo parlor in Reno, Nevada
1938
Bill Harrah opens the Plaza Tango in Reno
Sources: Nevada Historical Society; Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority; Michael Green (Community College of Southern Nevada); David Schwartz (University of Nevada, Las Vegas Center for Gaming Research); “Roll The Bones: The History of Gambling” by David Schwartz; Gotham Books, 2006; and Nevada Magazine, March 2006.
1932
