In 1980 someone tried extorting Harveys by putting a very large bomb in the building. They built a bomb and put it in a large office machine box and parked it in Harvey's offices. Harveys was a great casino, it looked like something out of the 50's & 60's before it got bombed. It got an extensive renovation when it re-opened and lost some of it's charm (IMHO). It was just never the same old feel - kind of lost a bit of its western charm.
This looks like a good site with lots of links:
http://acorn.rgj.com/extra/harveys.php
And the ubiquitous wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey%27s_Resort_Hotel_bombing
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