Stateline is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) on the southeastern shore of
Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe (; Washo language, Washo: ''dáʔaw'') is a Fresh water, freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the Western United States, straddling the border between California and Nevada. Lying at above sea level, Lake Tahoe is the largest a ...
in
Douglas County,
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...
, United States. It lies next to the border with
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
and is conurbated with
South Lake Tahoe. The population was 595 at the
2020 census. The population swells considerably during the busy winter and summer seasons, due to the high number of hotel rooms and rental accommodations available.
Attractions
Stateline is home to four casino resorts:
Bally's Lake Tahoe (formerly Caesars Tahoe and MontBleu),
Golden Nugget Lake Tahoe (formerly Horizon and Hard Rock),
Harrah's Lake Tahoe
Harrah's Lake Tahoe is a hotel and casino in Stateline, Nevada. Harrah's is branded with the name of its former owner and operator, William F. Harrah. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by Eldorado Resorts, Caesars Entertainment. The 18- ...
, and
Harveys Lake Tahoe
Caesars Republic Lake Tahoe (formerly Harveys Lake Tahoe) is a hotel and casino located in Stateline, Nevada. It has 742 rooms and suites as well as six restaurants and a casino with of space. It also has a video arcade, wedding chapel, po ...
. Until its closure on April 14, 2020, the
Lakeside Inn catered to locals and modest gamblers.
Many of the
hotel
A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a re ...
s in the neighboring city of
South Lake Tahoe, California
South Lake Tahoe is the most populous incorporated city in El Dorado County, California, El Dorado County, California, United States, in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The city's population was 21,330 at the 2020 census, down from 21,403 at the 20 ...
, organize buses to take residents to the
casino
A casino is a facility for gambling. Casinos are often built near or combined with hotels, resorts, restaurants, retail shops, cruise ships, and other tourist attractions. Some casinos also host live entertainment, such as stand-up comedy, conce ...
s in Stateline. Stateline and South Lake Tahoe are effectively a single settlement, with the state line intersecting with
U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlantic ...
immediately after the Harrah's and Harvey's casinos. As commercial gambling establishments are illegal in California unless built on
Indian reservation
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s, the casinos are extremely popular with California residents due to their strategic location right on the state line.
The
Edgewood Tahoe Resort golf course lies along the Lake Tahoe shoreline. The
Heavenly Mountain Resort ski area is on the California–Nevada border.
Another well-known feature of Stateline is
Kingsbury Grade, which runs up and over a mountain pass, rising from Lake Tahoe and dropping down to the Carson Valley on the other side. Most of Stateline's residential and seasonal accommodation, amenities and services are located on or near Kingsbury Grade. The route can be difficult in the winter months and
snow chains are essential during this time. Larger vehicles are required to allow traffic to pass when five or more vehicles are queued behind them.
Another new attraction is the brand-new
Tahoe Blue Event Center, an arena that plays host to many events and is home to the
Tahoe Knight Monsters hockey team of the
ECHL
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.
Notable events
* The
Harvey's Resort Hotel bombing occurred on August 26–27, 1980. The event ended when the bomb was inadvertently detonated during an attempt to disarm it. As a result, the north side of the building was destroyed.
* On the afternoon of January 5, 1998, the
Heavenly Ski Resort was the scene of the death of musician and politician
Sonny Bono. While skiing alone, Bono struck a tree on "Orion", an intermediate slope high on Heavenly's Nevada side, in Stateline.
* The 2007 film ''
Smokin' Aces'' was filmed (known at the time) at the
Horizon
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and the
MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa (fictionalized in-film as the "Nomad") featuring many views of the shore from Aces' suite at the casino.
History
Most of the town and surrounding land has been maintained by the heirs of the historic
Friday's Station of the
Pony Express; it is leased to the casinos. The duplex naming of the community originated in part because of an
interstate border dispute, resulting from differences in several boundary surveys.
The erroneous 1872 Von Schmidt survey of the California–Nevada boundary found the stateline crossing
U.S. 50 on the west edge of present-day
Applebee's, and the east edge of the Ashley Marcus Gallery in Tahoe Crescent V Shopping Center in California.
The community of
Stateline, California, contended to be in Nevada, emerged just east to benefit from Nevada law—including tax-free status and later gambling which was legalized in 1931. However, an 1893
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey (C.G.S.) placed the border several thousand feet east of 1872 Von Schmidt line, creating a discrepancy which left the community in legal jeopardy. The
Stateline Country Club operated in the 1930s. By the mid-1950s to mid-1960s, gambling development moved east across the 1893
C.G.S. line to a new adjacent community of Edgewood, Nevada.
After a 1980
US Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all Federal tribunals in the United States, U.S. federal court cases, and over Stat ...
ruling,
the east-migrated gambling community of Edgewood formally regained its name Stateline, this time in NV.; the
California portion which had been contested by Nevada was dissolved into the city of South Lake Tahoe.
The currently accepted interstate border is marked by the 1893
US CGS Federal Survey Monuments No. 1,
No. 2,
and No. 3.
Geography
Stateline is located at (38.970512, −119.945714).
It lies on the southern shore of
Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe (; Washo language, Washo: ''dáʔaw'') is a Fresh water, freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the Western United States, straddling the border between California and Nevada. Lying at above sea level, Lake Tahoe is the largest a ...
to the east of the
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
–
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the seventh-most extensive, th ...
state line from which it takes its name, and the city of
South Lake Tahoe, California
South Lake Tahoe is the most populous incorporated city in El Dorado County, California, El Dorado County, California, United States, in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The city's population was 21,330 at the 2020 census, down from 21,403 at the 20 ...
.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of , of which is land and (12.82%) is water.
Demographics
As of the
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
of 2000, there were 1,215 people, 510 households, and 245 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 562 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 73.7%
White
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, 1.2%
African American
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, 0.7%
Native American, 8.2%
Asian, 0.2%
Pacific Islander
Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, Pacificans, or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the list of islands in the Pacific Ocean, Pacific Islands. As an ethnic group, ethnic/race (human categorization), racial term, it is used to describe th ...
, 13.0% from
other races, and 3.1% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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or
Latino of any race were 29.0% of the population.
There were 510 households, out of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 33.7% were
married couples
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...
living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 51.8% were non-families. 36.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.24.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 24.3% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 35.6% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 8.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 124.2 males. For every 100 females aged 18 and over, there were 126.0 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $28,641, and the median income for a family was $32,167. Males had a median income of $28,309 versus $20,625 for females. The
per capita income
Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.
In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the CDP was $16,084. About 13.4% of families and 12.7% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 16.0% of those under age 18 and 8.5% of those aged 65 or over.
Transportation
U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlantic ...
traverses Stateline on its way east towards
Carson City
Carson City, officially the Carson City Consolidated Municipality, is an independent city and the capital of the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2020 census, the population was 58,639, making it the 6th most populous city in the state. The m ...
and west towards
Sacramento
Sacramento ( or ; ; ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's 2020 p ...
.
Nevada State Route 207 connects Stateline to the Douglas County seat,
Minden
Minden () is a middle-sized town in the very north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, the largest town in population between Bielefeld and Hanover. It is the capital of the district () of Minden-Lübbecke, situated in the cultural region ...
.
An express bus runs from the Stateline casinos to
Reno–Tahoe International Airport. Seasonal shuttles operate to the ski resorts and casinos from South Lake Tahoe.
See also
*
List of census-designated places in Nevada
References
External links
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