It closed in 2002, and was reopened in 2005 as a convention center for the nearby Hotel Nevada and Gambling Hall.

The interior consists of a public lobby furnished with plaster walls and tile wainscot and floor.

[2] Plans to construct the post office were delayed because of a price dispute between the federal government and the owner of the preferred building site.

Senator Harry Reid, it was announced that the postmaster general would make the building available to Ely for community use.

[1][13] The post office remained vacant until it was purchased by the nearby Hotel Nevada and Gambling Hall, which reopened the building as its Postal Palace convention center on December 15, 2005.