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The Hoover Dam, most assuredly , changed the face of the American West. Not only did it enable the production of vast amounts of electrical energy and establish a reliable water source, but it also eliminated flooding, to help agriculture in California’s lower valleys. The project’s commercial by-products in Nevada – Lake Mead, Boulder City, and the resort community of Laughlin – have infused billions of dollars into the state’s economy and provided recreational opportunities for hundreds of millions of visitors.
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In 1995, the Fort Mojave Indian tribe opened Nevada’s first Native American-owned casino and the only Native American-owned gaming business in the USA operated under state regulations. “Avi” means money or loose change. The resort is located in an area that the tribe intends to develop as a planned community. (see Avi Resort and Casino, near Laughlin)
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Native American-owned resort with a large, sandy, riverside beach, video arcade, swimming pool, live entertainment, and 29 spa suites.
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A 70-room motor hotel with views of the lake.
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The place to order home-made soup or chili and big slabs of pie. Decor is cozy, and the waitresses are small-town friendly.
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It’s worth including Boulder City on a Hoover Dam trip to appreciate the scale of work involved – the city was built as a model community to house dam construction workers. The grandest buildings are the Bureau of Reclamation and the Bureau of Power and Light; the Municipal Building; and the Boulder Dam Hotel. Most of the construction, however, was focused on the two- and three-room houses for the workers. (see Construction Workers’ Houses, Boulder City)
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Built in 1933, the Dutch Colonial-style Boulder Dam Hotel now houses the Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum. Actor Boris Karloff and other Hollywood stars stayed in the hotel’s glory days, and Crown Prince Olav and Princess Martha of Norway hosted a party here in 1939. The out-of-town hotel declined in the postwar rise of Las Vegas as a tourist mecca, but, since the mid-90s, a group of volunteers has set about rehabilitating it. The museum itself includes memorabilia from the 1930s.
View from Hoover Dam Visitor Center
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A total destination resort. Unusual features include two classic auto showrooms and an antique slot machine display. There’s also an RV park with full hook-ups.
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Spanish-style motel on the main street. Some rooms have kitchens.
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The hotel features a large pool deck overlooking the river and Arizona hills, three lighted tennis courts, a wedding chapel, and Laughlin’s largest tour boat, the Celebration.
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Salads of all sorts (pasta, potato, slaws, and gelatin), carved meats, fresh fruit, and a gala array of desserts.
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Hotel price categories
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