Cal Neva Lodge & Casino
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The Cal-Neva Lodge & Casino in 1962
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 Cal Neva Lodge & Casino
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| Address | 2 Stateline Road, Crystal Bay, Nevada, United States |
| Opening date | 1926 |
| No. of rooms | 220 |
| Total gaming space | 116,000 sq ft (10,800 m2) |
| Casino type | Land-based |
| Owner | Criswell-Radovan, LLC |
| Coordinates | 39°13′29″N 120°0′20″W / 39.22472°N 120.00556°W |
| Website | calnevaresort |
Cal Neva Resort & Casino, previously known as the Calneva Resort, Cal-Neva Lodge, is a resort and casino straddling the border between Nevada and California on the shores of Lake Tahoe. The original building was constructed in 1926, and became famous when the national media picked up a story about actress Clara Bow cancelling checks she owed to the Cal Neva worth $13,000 in 1930. After a fire, the building burnt down in 1937 and was rebuilt over the course of 30 days. In 1960, entertainer Frank Sinatra purchased the Resort alongside Dean Martin and Chicago mobster Sam Giancana.
Under Sinatra, the Celebrity Room was added alongside a helipad and it opened year round. His ownership gradually increased over the following two years until he owned 50 percent outright. But Giancana's attendance at the property first provoked a rift between Sinatra and share holder Hank Sanicola, and later resulted in Sinatra's gambling license being suspended by the Nevada Gaming Control Board. He initially leased the property to Jack L. Warner and later in 1968 to a group of investors. It passed through the hands of a series of investment groups until 1976 when it was bought by Kirk Kerkorian. The property is owned by Criswell-Radovan, LLC, which closed the resort on September 5, 2013, for renovations and declared bankruptcy in 2016.
The Cal-Neva Lodge was built in 1926 by real estate developer Robert P. Sherman. In 1929, Canadian Army Colonel H. H. Betts went missing from his room at the Cal-Neva; his body was found over a year later some five miles away from the hotel. The lodge was first made nationally famous later that year when actress Clara Bow cancelled checks owed to the casino worth $13,000; she claimed that she had believed that the chips she was using while playing blackjack were worth 50 cents when they were actually valued at $100.
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