UPDATE: The three days of the online auction will be coming to a close March 4th, 5th, and 6th. Link to online auction is below.

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ORIGINAL: Hudson Stremmel has conducted all types of auctions in his seven years as an auctioneer. He’s presided over dispersals of real estate and fine arts, vehicles, and estate sales, for his family’s business Stremmel Auctions.

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But an upcoming auction at a revered casino and resort in Stateline, Nevada, is giving him pause. When items from the Lakeside Inn and Casino go up for bid on March 4-7, it will mark the end of a 35-year run.

The Southshore Lake Tahoe resort closed permanently in April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“It’s tough, but we’re trying to put a good spin on it,” Stremmel said. “We’ve got the word out to the locals, and obviously they’re really sad. But they do get a chance to bid and win a piece of history, and there are so many things with sentimental value.”

Along with slot machines (only available to those with gaming licenses), there are poker tables, kitchen equipment, hotel furniture, vehicles, and Lakeside memorabilia up for bid.

One item that may draw interest is what’s being billed as the largest craps table in Nevada. Custom-built, it’s over 40-feet long.

“That’s a special piece,” Stremmel said.

There are also framed black-and-white photographs with historic and sentimental value that date back to the early 1900s. Before opening in 1985, Lakeside had previous incarnations as the Tahoe Sky Harbor, Fabulous Eddie’s Stardust Club, Caesar’s Inn, and Harvey’s Inn. The area’s first airport, Tahoe Sky Harbor Airport & Resort, opened in the late 1940s right next door to the resort.

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Stremmel says a local historical society has already expressed interest in many of the photographs, including one of the first roads in Tahoe that stretched around Emerald Bay.

“We’ve also got a photo of the first airplane that landed in Tahoe,” Stremmel said. “There are things like that that are really neat. But it’s tough because of how many people have visited and what it’s been through.”

Stacy Noyes, the president of Lakeside since 2007, says her heart breaks every time she thinks about the shuttered venue. She remembers how the staff constantly worked to greet and embrace all customers, and mentions the mission statement that every employee had to memorize:

We at Lakeside Inn, anticipate and personally strive to exceed our guests’ expectations with friendliness, quality, innovation and fun.

“Each word has its own meaning and reason for being there,” Noyes said. “We would discuss these words and what they meant to us in new hire orientation, and over time, you would see the words take on their own meaning to the individuals.”

Two employees, housekeeping supervisor Patty Soleta, and Bob Schultz, the engineering supervisor, worked at Lakeside since it opened in 1985.

“They are institutions around here,” Noyes says of Soleta and Schultz. “I have never met two more dedicated, knowledgeable, and hard-working people in my entire career.

Stremmel anticipates that any items with the Lakeside logo, including playing cards and menus, will draw strong interest. The auction will feature no minimum bids and no reserves.

Since the Lakeside closed, Noyes often revisits the resort’s Facebook page. Regulars and visitors have posted memories about Lakeside’s “timber tree wooden walls,” honeymoons and anniversaries, and prime rib dinners.

One woman posted a memory about visits to Lakeside with her late mother; missing her and unable to sleep, the woman would return to the casino where staff would comfort her with hugs and Cherry Cokes.

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“It will be a while before many of us can accept what our new normal will be after Lakeside,” Noyes says. “This place was special. It always will be.”

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Rege Behe is lead contributor to CDC Gaming Reports. He can be reached at rbehe@cdcgaming.com. Please follow @RegeBehe_exPTR on Twitter.