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A member of Harrah's / Caesars (Generic)
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Was: Wagon Wheel Saloon
18 Hwy 50
Lake Tahoe, Nevada 89449 MAP
Type: Land Based
800-HARVEYS
Status: Open
Open: 1944
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(Spinetti's) In California, Harvey Gross was in the meat business. But aside from being in the food industry, he was also into gambling. He opened Harvey's Wagon Wheel Saloon and Gambling Hall in 1944.

According to the Tahoe Daily Tribune, the earliest gaming there featured only three slots and two card tables. It also had the only 24-hour gas pump in the area. During the winter season, Harvey and his wife Llewellyn made a skating rink in the parking lot to try and draw people in to the establishment.

In the 1960s, it became the first high-rise hotel in the state of Nevada. On August 27, 1980, a bomb was detonated by the FBI. The perpetrator was a down on his luck gambler who owed some casinos at least $1 million. He tried to hold hostage the area in Lake Tahoe in return for $3 million. The bomb did cause damage to the hotel and casino. However, nobody was injured. It reportedly damaged three floors of the hotel.

Though Harvey Gross passed away in 1983, the Lake Tahoe resort remained in the family. In 2001, Harrah's Entertainment, now Caesars Entertainment, acquired the hotel and casino.

Today, the casino has many popular table games, poker and a sportsbook. There is a Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen restaurant. There is also a Lake Tahoe Outdoor Arena where many live concerts happen.
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CG293455
Issued: 6/1/1950
Added: 2022-10-11
Mftr: Taylor & Co.
Contributed by: David Spragg
CG245520
Issued: 6/29/1959
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG245519
Issued: 5/3/1961
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG245518
Issued: 7/5/1961
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG245517
Issued: 1/30/1962
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG245516
Issued: 3/21/1962
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG245515
Issued: 2/28/1963
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG245514
Issued: 3/9/1964
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG245513
Issued: 7/27/1964
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG245512
Issued: 3/5/1965
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG245511
Issued: 3/29/1965
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG245510
Issued: 5/28/1965
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG245509
Issued: 7/20/1965
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG245508
Issued: 7/29/1965
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG223465
Issued: 1966
Added: 2019-04-26
Mftr: T.R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG223458
Issued: 1968
Added: 2019-04-26
Last Update: 2019-04-26
Mftr: T.R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG223466
Issued: 1968
Added: 2019-04-26
Mftr: T.R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG245496
Issued: 2/7/1968
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG245495
Issued: 6/24/1968
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG223461
Issued: 1969
Added: 2019-04-26
Mftr: T.R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG223463
Issued: 1969
Added: 2019-04-26
Mftr: T.R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG223464
Issued: 1969
Added: 2019-04-26
Mftr: T.R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG223459
Issued: 1970
Added: 2019-04-26
Mftr: T.R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG223462
Issued: 1970
Added: 2019-04-26
Mftr: T.R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG223460
Issued: 1971
Added: 2019-04-26
Mftr: T.R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG224547
Issued: 1973
Added: 2019-06-01
Mftr: T.R. King
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG245494
Issued: 4/2/1973
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG242528
Denom: $2
Event: Bicentennial
Issued: 1/1976
Added: 2020-05-30
Color: Maroon, Cream
Inserts: 4 Navy
Mold: House
Mftr: Langworthy & Co
Inlay: R-WHITE
Quantity: 25000
Catalog#: N5150
Contributed by: David Sarles

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CG245493
Issued: 1/19/1976
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
CG242524
Denom: $2
Event: Bicentennial
Issued: 4/1976
Added: 2020-05-30
Last Update: 2020-05-30
Color: Maroon, Cream
Inserts: 4 Navy
Mold: House
Mftr: Langworthy & Co
Inlay: R-WHITE
Quantity: 15000
Catalog#: N5150
Contributed by: David Sarles

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CG245492
Issued: 9/9/1976
Added: 2020-06-29
Mftr: Burt Co.
Contributed by: David Sarles
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