At 3:46 p.m. Aug. 27, 1980, a half-ton bomb planted by a disgruntled high roller was detonated at Harvey’s Resort Hotel. It was a Wednesday.
Twins John and Ron Graves were working on opposite sides of Highway 50 in Stateline in 1980, one for Harvey’s and the other for Harrah’s.
Ron was working as a cage manager for Harrah’s and remembers preparing for the blast at work that day.
“My boss told me to get ready in case they decide to detonate it,” he said. “My job was to clean out the front cage cashiers. We had to get all of the money, and the chips locked up.”
The casino also started evacuating the gamblers from the casino floor, some of whom did not want to go.
