University of Nevada Oral History Program. A Family Affair: Harolds Club and the Smiths Remembered.

^ 'Brief: American Bandstand club closes'.

^ 'Harolds Club or Bust' signs vanish.

Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press. The rise of the biggest little city: an encyclopedic history of Reno gaming 1931–1981.

^ Butterfield, Roger (October 15, 1945).

The mural was designed by Theodore McFallon and constructed by Sargent Claude Johnson. Harold's Club was the target of a casino heist in the 1955 feature film 5 Against the House.Ī large 70 by 35 foot mural of Old West pioneer settlers that was displayed in front of the casino is now on display at the Reno Livestock Events Center, about 2 miles from the old casino location. The casino building had an American Bandstand restaurant and nightclub for 8 years during the 1990s. The property is now an outdoor plaza for concerts and special events. The casino was then sold to Harrah's Reno in 1999 and demolished. In December 1994, the casino was sold to Gamma International Ltd. Harold's Club was sold to Howard Hughes's Summa Corporation in 1970 for $11.5 million.

(By the 1970s, most of the billboards had been taken down because of the Highway Beautification Act. Pappy Smith developed a marketing campaign that made the casino famous, using more than two thousand billboards across the United States advertising 'Harold's Club or Bust', often written on a Conestoga wagon. Harold's Club constructed a seven-story building as part of the casino, but never had a hotel on the property.

The casino expanded by buying adjacent Virginia Street properties. ('Pappy') Smith (1887–1967), was appointed general manager and became the public face of the casino. Soon afterwards, their father, Raymond I. Harold's Club casino was established in 1935 by Harold S. An Ocean's 11 predecessor set in Reno, the movie provides the best view of Harold's Club casino. Harold's Club was the set for the 1955 movie 5 Against the House. The casino closed in 1995 and the building was demolished in 1999. Harold's Club, also spelled Harolds Club, was a casino in Downtown Reno, Nevada that was established in 1935.

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