CommRow
| Whitney Peak Hotel | |
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Fitzgeralds Reno in 2006
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| Former names | Fitzgeralds Reno (1976–2008) CommRow (2011–2013) |
| General information | |
| Address | 255 North Virginia Street |
| Town or city | Reno, Nevada |
| Country | United States |
| Groundbreaking | 1974 |
| Construction started | 1974 |
| Completed | 1976 |
| Opened | May 17, 1976 |
| Renovated | 2011, 2013 |
| Cost | $1,500,000 |
| Renovation cost | $1,500,000 |
| Owner | DRW Holdings LLC |
| Height | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 16 |
| Floor area | 420 m2 (4,500 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 4 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Worth Group |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 347 |
| Number of suites | 347 |
| Number of restaurants | 1 |
| Website | |
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Whitney Peak Hotel (formerly Fitzgeralds Reno and CommRow) is a hotel and former casino located in Downtown Reno, Nevada. It was formerly connected to Eldorado Reno and Golden Phoenix Reno by a sky bridge. It is owned and operated by DRW Holdings LLC.
Lincoln Fitzgerald, owner of the Nevada Club casino, began construction on a new 16-story, 347-room hotel and casino in 1974. Fitzgeralds Reno opened on May 17, 1976, at a total cost of $16 million.
After Fitzgerald's death in 1981, his widow, Meta, sold the property in 1986 to the Lincoln Management Company for $26.25 million.
Fitzgerald's Reno was the last of 4 properties owned by Fitzgeralds Gaming to be sold after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2000. Prior to this, sister properties were located in Las Vegas, Tunica, Mississippi and Black Hawk, Colorado.
In 2005, Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc., owner of Atlantis Reno, attempted to acquire Fitzgeralds Reno. In April 2007, L3 Development, a development firm based out of Chicago, Illinois, announced its intention to purchase the property and convert it into a boutique hotel.
On November 1, 2007, ownership of Fitzgeralds Reno officially transferred to a joint partnership between L3 Development and RAC II LLC, marking the first time in decades that the property was under private ownership.
On October 1, 2008, Fitzgeralds Reno announced its imminent closure in November 2008. 470 employees were laid off and the new ownership evaluated options for the property. The lower floors re-opened as CommRow on October 1, 2011 with the world's tallest climbing wall constructed on the exterior, CommRow was designated to have a hotel component but this never materialized and the business model as a whole, struggled and closed down on January 1, 2013.
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