I don't know if this will be any help to anyone....I'm certainly confused!

I looked at all the sources I could think of, to assemble whatever dates I could regarding when the Tahoe Palace and Tahoe Plaza were in operation.

I was hoping "Wood Chips to Game Chips" or "Historic Photos of Lake Tahoe" would yield some information...but if it was there, I didn't find it.

Is it possible that the entity started, in 1954, as the Tahoe Plaza...Changed to the Tahoe Palace, maybe with new owners, in 1956...maybe went bankrupt or something in 1959...then went back to the original owners, and back to the Tahoe Plaza name, in 1959...which could have triggered the new chip order in April of 1959...??? (We need Gene's team!!!!! )

So...here's what I could find....
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Harvey Fuller:

Tahoe Palace 7-2-56 - 2-24-59
Tahoe Plaza 7-20-54 - 3-31-61

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Burt Card:

Tahoe Plaza 4-17-1959

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Steve McClendon CCTN Oct/Nov/Dec 2000:

Tahoe Plaza c 1953
Tahoe Palace c 1956

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Dwayne Kling, in "The Rise of the Biggest Little City"

page 17: Doug Busey was a Reno atty. who was licensed as co-owner in several casinos...Tahoe Palace in 1960

page 57: Cliff Grady ...in 1956 he was licensed as a co-owner of the Tahoe Palace (Plaza).

page 59: Jack Guffey...was also licensed as a co-owner of the Tahoe Palace (Plaza) in 1956.

page 87: Louis Iacometti...was licensed at the Tahoe Palace (Plaza) at Lake Tahoe from 1956 to 1961

page 118: Leon Nightingale...he purchased...Tahoe Palace (Plaza) in 1960

page 133: Conrad Priess...first casino investment was in 1966...Priess later became a co-owner of...the Tahoe Plaza (Palace) [my comment: later than 1966? hmmmmm...???]

page 145: Louis Rosasco...in 1953...was licensed as co-owner of the Palace Club. Three years later he was licensed as co-owner of the Tahoe Plaza (Palace) Club...

page 165: Adrian "Ad" Tolen...became part of ownership teams in five casinos...Tahoe Palace in the middle 1950s

page 174: Harry Weitz...In 1956 Weitz was licensed as a co-owner of the Tahoe Palace (or Plaza) on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe

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Nevada Gaming Checks & Chips (by Howard & Kregg Herz)

Tahoe Palace 1956-1959
Tahoe Plaza 1960-1965

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The Dice Man Speaketh; Reno/Lake Tahoe edition
by Jeff Laudeman

Tahoe Palace 1956-59

Tahoe Plaza mid/Late 50's "This place was located next to Harrah's. This place would become Barney's, then Bill's.

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Casinos and Their Ashtrays
by Art Anderson (who was assisted by Janice O'Neal)

Tahoe Plaza...Opened on Hwy 50 near Stateline, at the site of the Circus Room in 1954. Became Barney's Casino in April 1961.