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Carson Nugget
Carson Nugget is a hotel and casino located in Carson City, Nevada. The Carson Nugget is nearly 30,000 square feet. The property features slots, table games, keno, three restaurants, meeting spaces and 83 hotel rooms.

History

Richard Graves opened the casino, known then as the Carson City Nugget, on March 1, 1954. The Carson City Nugget was one of Nevada's largest and most prosperous casinos when Graves sold it to Richard E. Pogue and Chester H. Armstrong in September 1956. After Pogue died, the Carson City Nugget was sold to a group of six purchasers for $525,000 in December 1958. The group included three Adams brothers who would manage the casino.

As of 2008, the Carson Nugget had become the oldest continually operating casino in Carson City. The casino was sold in 2015 to Dean DiLullo, the CEO of M1 Gaming in Reno. The casino and restaurants occupy nearly 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m) and an 83-room hotel, the Carson Tahoe Hotel, is located across North Carson Street.

Awful Awful Burger

Graves opened multiple "Nugget" casinos, including the Little Nugget in Reno, and the Nugget Casino Resort in Sparks. At each of these locations, he introduced the "Awful Awful Burger", a double-patty sandwich that he had first created and sold in Idaho. The Awful Awful Burger, named so because it is considered "awful big and awful good", has come to be something of a local delicacy. As of September 2020, the Carson Nugget is the only remaining purveyor of the burger.

References

  1. ^ "Listing of Financial Statements Square Footage". Nevada Gaming Control Board. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
  2. ^ Moreno, Richard (March 2011). A Short History of Carson City. Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-87417-836-4. "In 1954, the small Carson Nugget casino opened adjacent to the historic Federal Building."
  3. ^ "About Us". Carson Nugget. Carson Nugget. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Sparks Acquires Newest Business: Restaurant, Casino Opens". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. March 24, 1955. p. 8. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  5. ^ "Dick Graves Sells Carson City Nugget". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. September 7, 1956. p. 7. Summary: The Carson City Nugget was sold to Richard E. Pogue and Chester H. Armstrong, both from Minnesota. Graves opened the Carson City Nugget on March 1, 1954, after coming to Nevada from Idaho. Graves still owns the Nugget casino in Sparks Nevada.
  6. ^ "Carson City Nugget Sale is Confirmed". Reno Evening Gazette. Reno, Nevada. December 17, 1958. p. 32. Summary: The Nugget was sold for $525,000 to a group of 6 purchasers, all licensed in Nevada. Purchasers are L. A. Adams, W. H. Adams, A. C. Adams, Barney Sullivent, Lincoln Rosen and Jerome Zurkow. The Adams brother will manage the Nugget.
  7. ^ Frank, Dave. "Nugget has long history in Carson City". Nevada Appeal. Nevada Appeal. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Reno firm buying Carson Nugget". Retrieved 2018-04-03.
  9. ^ "Carson Tahoe Hotel". Carson Nugget Casino. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  10. ^ "Celebrate Northern Nevada's famous Awful Awful on National Hamburger Day". Reno Gazette Journal.
  11. ^ "No More Awful Awfuls, as Little Nugget in Downtown Reno Shuts Down for Good". KTVN.
  12. ^ Wright, Johnathan. "Trying the Awful Awful burger — sober — in the last place to serve it. How was it?". Reno Gazette Journal. Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved 9 September 2020.


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