Last Chance Joe

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Last Chance Joe Last Chance Joe has been the mascot for various Nugget casinos throughout western Nevada for more than half a century.

In 1954, when Idaho outlawed slot machines, Boise businessman Richard L. "Dick" Graves moved to Nevada and, with partner James H. "Jim" Kelley, took over The Nugget club on North Virginia Street in Reno. That same year, Dick Graves also opened The Nugget (formerly Broderick’s Bar) in Carson City, and The Nugget (formerly the Eagle Club) in Yerington. In 1955, Graves sold his interest in the Reno Nugget, and opened Dick Graves' Nugget on the north side of B Street in Sparks. In 1958, Dick Graves' Nugget moved to a larger facility on the south side of B Street, and the old club on the north side of B Street became Trader Dick's, a Tiki-themed Polynesian restaurant. The new Dick Graves' Nugget featured a giant statue of the club's mascot, Last Chance Joe. In 2014, the Last Chance Joe statue was removed from in front of the Nugget, and found a new home a block to the east, in front of the Sparks Heritage Museum.

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814 Victorian Avenue
Sparks, NV
89431

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