

^ "Celebrate Northern Nevada's famous Awful Awful on National Hamburger Day"."Nugget has long history in Carson City". The Adams brother will manage the Nugget. Adams, Barney Sullivent, Lincoln Rosen and Jerome Zurkow. Summary: The Nugget was sold for $525,000 to a group of 6 purchasers, all licensed in Nevada. ^ "Carson City Nugget Sale is Confirmed".

Graves still owns the Nugget casino in Sparks Nevada. Graves opened the Carson City Nugget on March 1, 1954, after coming to Nevada from Idaho. Summary: The Carson City Nugget was sold to Richard E. ^ "Dick Graves Sells Carson City Nugget".^ "Sparks Acquires Newest Business: Restaurant, Casino Opens"."In 1954, the small Carson Nugget casino opened adjacent to the historic Federal Building." Reno, Nevada: University of Nevada Press. ^ "Listing of Financial Statements Square Footage".As of September 2020, the Carson Nugget is the only remaining purveyor of the burger. The Awful Awful Burger, named so because it is considered "awful big and awful good", has come to be something of a local delicacy. At each of these locations, he introduced the "Awful Awful Burger", a double-patty sandwich that he had first created and sold in Idaho. Graves opened multiple "Nugget" casinos, including the Little Nugget in Reno, and the Nugget Casino Resort in Sparks. The casino and restaurants occupy nearly 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m 2) and an 83-room hotel, the Carson Tahoe Hotel, is located across North Carson Street. The casino was sold in 2015 to Dean DiLullo, the CEO of M1 Gaming in Reno. Īs of 2008, the Carson Nugget had become the oldest continually operating casino in Carson City. The group included three Adams brothers who would manage the casino. After Pogue died, the Carson City Nugget was sold to a group of six purchasers for $525,000 in December 1958. The Carson City Nugget was one of Nevada's largest and most prosperous casinos when Graves sold it to Richard E. Richard Graves opened the casino, known then as the Carson City Nugget, on March 1, 1954. The property features slots, table games, keno, three restaurants, meeting spaces and 83 hotel rooms. The Carson Nugget is nearly 30,000 square feet.
