On August 27, 1980, a bomb was detonated by the FBI.
In the 1960s, it became the first high-rise hotel in the state of Nevada. 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. It also had the only 24-hour gas pump in the area. He opened Harvey’s Wagon Wheel Saloon and Gambling Hall in 1944.Īccording to the Tahoe Daily Tribune, the earliest gaming there featured only three slots and two card tables. But aside from being in the food industry, he was also into gambling. In California, Harvey Gross was in the meat business.
