In early 1992, Harveys entered a bidding war with Hilton Hotels Corporation over the right to buy Bally's Reno, which opened on May 3, 1978, as MGM Grand Reno (now Grand Sierra Resort). The 18-story, $74 million, glass 'Lake Tower' opened in 1986, the same year the trademark 'Wagon Wheel' was replaced on the 11-story tower with the current Harveys brand.

In 1985, Harveys sold Harvey's Inn, northeast of Stateline, which reopened as the Lakeside Inn. In 1983, Harvey Gross died at the age of 78 however, the company continued to operate under family management.

He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, where he died from liver cancer in 1996. The bomb was placed by John Birges, a heavily in-debt Fresno landscaper who had lost at least $1 million at casinos in Stateline and was hoping to extort $3 million from the bomb threat. Parts of Harvey's casino reopened within 48 hours, and the fully repaired and renovated hotel reopened in May 1981. (The area around the hotel had been cleared and no one was injured.) The bomb caused an estimated $18 million ($58 million in 2022) in damages.

The hotel suffered an explosion from a 1,000-pound bomb on August 27, 1980, that left a crater three stories deep when it was detonated by the FBI. Across the street, Harrah's only had a casino and no hotel yet its hotel was built in the early 1970s. They opened the first high rise tower and an 11-story, 197-room hotel in Nevada just across the state line from Lake Tahoe, California in 1963.

Harvey's was originally opened in 1944 and operated by Sacramento meat wholesaler Harvey Gross and his wife Llewellyn. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by Caesars Entertainment. It also has a video arcade, wedding chapel, pool, convention center and a full-service health club. It has 742 rooms and suites as well as six restaurants and a casino with 87,500 square feet (8,130 m 2) of space. Harveys Lake Tahoe is a hotel and casino located in Stateline, Nevada.

Harrahs Lake Tahoe Hotel and Casino