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Reno boom town expands with MGM Grand and growth
Reno, the Biggest Little City in the World, drives a surge of 33,000 new residents by 1980 as MGM Grand opens a massive 131 million dollar resort. New hotels, 10,000 casino patrons at a time, and a spreading economy bring air and water pollution worries, housing shortages, and school strain, while Harrah’s and Sahara-Reno expand downtown to keep pace.
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Nea
Clark Gable
Spencer Tracy
Virginia Street
Berlin
Warren LeRude
Nevada State Journal and Gazette
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San Jose
Truckee
Washoe Valley
Sierra Nevada
Hollywood
MGM Grand Hotel
MGM Grand
Las Vegas
Vegas
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Pacific Northwest
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del Webb
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
MGM
Disneyland
MGM Grand-Reno Has Its Own Zip Code. “It’ll Make Harrah’s
Jack Pieper
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Pieper
Frontier Hotel
J.C. Penney
Los Angeles
Denver
Mark Curtis
Harrah’s
Reno International
United Airlines
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Sahara-Reno
LeRude
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Truckee River