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This photo taken Aug. 19, 2019 shows the famous clown at the Circus Circus casinos famous clown in front one of its downtown Reno, Nev., casino hotel where about 1,300 University of Nevada students are living this year after a gas explosion in July shut down two major dorms. The non-gambling, non-smoking building leased to the university for $21.7 million has been converted into Wolf Pack Hall exclusively for students through the 2019-2020 school year. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

University of Nevada, Reno using casino hotel as college dorm

By Scott Sonner - Associated Press

This photo taken July 11, 2019 shows damage caused by a natural gas explosion at Argenta Hall on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno. That dormitory and the neighboring Nye Hall we be closed all school year so roughly 1,300 students are living in a Circus Circus casino hotel tower downtown about a half-mile away. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

Books not bets: Nevada casino hotel to serve as college dorm

By SCOTT SONNER - Associated Press