Gross worked delivering meat and running a summer market for a few years before he and Llewellyn opened Harvey ’s Wagon Wheel Saloon & Gambling Hall in 1944 on seven acres of land near Stateline on Highway 50. There was no highway maintenance and as soon as a significant amount of snow fell on Echo Summit, the road closed. When Harvey Gross, a successful meat retailer from Sacramento, and his wife, Llewellyn Gross, moved to South Lake Tahoe, there were no phones, water, sewer, or power lines in the area. In 1999 the company merged with an affiliate of Colony Capital, Inc., a real estate investment firm. Through its subsidiaries, the company owns and operates Harveys Resort/Casino, the largest hotel/casino in Lake Tahoe, Nevada Harveys Wagon Wheel/Casino in Central City, Colorado, the first major hotel/casino in the Denver area and Harveys Casino Hotel, a river-boat casino and hotel/convention center in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Public Company Incorporated: 1955 Employees: 4,010 Sales: $283.6 million (1997) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: HVY SICs: 7999 Amusement & Recreational Services, Not Elsewhere Classified 5812 Eating Placesįounded in 1944, Harveys Casino Resorts is an established owner, operator, and developer of high quality hotel/casinos in Nevada and new gaming jurisdictions.
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