It consisted of a 16 story hotel tower, and two floors of casino action. Lincoln and his wife, Meta, found great success in their casino operations, and opened the beautiful new Fitzgerald's Hotel Casino in May 1976. He opened the famous Nevada Club, which operated across Virginia Street from 1946 through 1997, and the Nevada Lodge at North Lake Tahoe from 1957 through 1983.
Fitzgerald got his start in the gambling houses of Detroit, and moved to Reno in 1945. The first phase is transforming the building into a non-gaming, non-smoking, pet-friendly, no-frills chic hotel.įitzgerald's was built in 1976 by Lincoln Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald's Hotel Casino, located just inches from the western tower of the famous Reno Arch, joined such greats as the Harolds Club, the Nevada Club, and the Mapes, as extinct relics of Reno's glorious past.īut we couldn't be happier to report that the old Fitzgerald's Hotel has reopened as CommRow, a 60,000 square foot complex which will feature the world's tallest climbing wall, a world class 7,000 square foot indoor bouldering park, two live entertainment venues and eleven food and beverage vignettes. On November 30, 2008, one of the last of the authentic Virginia Street icons closed its doors. Fitzgerald's Reno closes, reopens as CommRow, then Whitney Peak Hotel
