Birdcage
100 Fremont Street
1958 - 1959

Mark Englebretson
Grade 3


Audrey Welshans
Grade 3		 Birdcage
Photo from the Mark Englebretson Collection


When it comes to games of chance, even the casinos lose sometimes. The Birdcage Casino was forced to close when two keno players hit $25,000 jackpots. After the Birdcage closed, the Mint expanded and built a new entrance, on the corner.





First published in the Casino Chip and Token News Magazine, Volume 19, Fall 2006 issue.

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