In April 1991, the Clarion Hotel Casino was opened on the corner of South Virginia and Peckham Lane. In 1993, an IPO took the company public as Monarch Casino & Resort Inc. (NASDAQ:MCRI). The IPO helped finance the addition of another hotel tower, and a couple of years later, another expansion added significant additions to the property. The Monarch team was one of the few in the industry to show growth even while northern Nevada gaming was declining. In April 1996, the property became Atlantis Casino Resort and in 1999 a third high rise tower opened that added 388 rooms, over 300 slot machines, several new restaurants and 14,500 square feet of new meeting space. This black blue and white $100 gaming chip from the Clarion Hotel Casino was only used for four years and hard to find on the market. Spinetti's Gaming Supplies of Las Vegas told us the last they recall selling was for $75; and one listed on EBAY is asking $129.Date: Country (if not USA): State: NevadaCity: RenoProvenance: