#1 of 8 Things To Do in Laughlin
Colorado Belle Hotel and Casino
Po Box 77000 Laughlin NV - 702-298-4000
~3.00 miles from Laughlin city center
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The Colorado Belle Hotel & Casino is a resort on the banks of the Colorado River in Laughlin, Nevada. The Colorado Belle is a fixed building made to look like a six-deck replica of a 19th century Mississippi paddle wheel riverboat, and has 1,168 recently remodeled rooms in two seven story towers. The casino has 65,000 sq ft (6,000 m2) of gaming space with more than 1,200 slot machines, keno lounge, and a poker room. A sports book is located on "B" deck. The hotel has six restaurants and 2 gift shops. The resort also includes two pools, a fitness room, a koi pond, a beauty spa, an arcade, and a private beach on the river.
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#2 of 8 Things To Do in Laughlin
Edgewater Hotel and Casino
Po Box 30707 Laughlin NV - 702-298-2453
~3.06 miles from Laughlin city center
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The Edgewater Hotel and Casino is a resort in Laughlin, Nevada, on the banks of the Colorado River. The hotel has 1,450 rooms in a large 26 story tower, and has a casino with more than 60,000 sq ft (5,600 m2) of gaming space. It has the largest race and sports book in Laughlin, poker, and a keno lounge.[citation needed] The hotel also has a pool and several restaurants.
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#3 of 8 Things To Do in Laughlin
Downtown Laughlin (Neighborhood)
Laughlin NV
~3.10 miles from Laughlin city center
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#4 of 8 Things To Do in Laughlin
Downtown Bullhead City (Neighborhood)
Bullhead City AZ
~3.15 miles from Laughlin city center
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#5 of 8 Things To Do in Laughlin
Casino Drive
Bullhead City NV
~3.19 miles from Laughlin city center
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#6 of 8 Things To Do in Laughlin
Arizona Veterans Memorial
Bullhead City AZ
~3.29 miles from Laughlin city center
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#7 of 8 Things To Do in Laughlin
Laughlin, NV
Laughlin
~4.82 miles from Laughlin city center
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#8 of 8 Things To Do in Laughlin
Davis Dam
Laughlin AZ
~5.08 miles from Laughlin city center
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The Davis Dam is a dam on the Colorado River downstream from Hoover Dam (ca. 45 miles (72 km)). It stretches across the border between Arizona and Nevada. Originally called Bullhead Dam, Davis dam was renamed after Arthur Powell Davis, who was the director of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation from 1914 to 1932. The Bureau of Reclamation owns and operates the dam, which was completed in 1951.
Davis Dam is a zoned earthfill dam with a concrete spillway, 1,600 ft (490 m) in length at the crest, and 200 ft (61 m) high. The earthfill dam begins on the Nevada side, but it does not extend to the Arizona side. Instead, there is an inlet formed by earth and concrete. At the end of the inlet, there is the spillway. The power plant is on the side of the inlet, perpendicular to the dam. This is a very unusual design. The dam's purpose is to reregulate releases from Hoover Dam and facilitate the delivery of Colorado River water to Mexico. Bullhead City, Arizona, and Laughlin, Nevada, are located nearby, on opposite sides of the dam. Davis Camp is also close. Bullhead City was originally a construction town for workers building the dam.
A road is located on the crest of the earthfill portion of the dam and a bridge spans the inlet. It was formerly a stretch of Arizona State Route 68. The highway was rerouted in 2004, which allowed more lanes for the highway and increased security at the dam. Also, barriers have been placed on each side of the dam. The barriers are intended to stop vehicles, but pedestrians are not prohibited on the dam. It is unlikely that vehicles without authorization will ever be allowed on the dam again. The rest of the road is open to traffic.
The Davis Dam Power Plant is located on the Arizona side of the dam. The hydroelectric plant generates between 1 and 2 terawatt-hours of electricity annually. The plant has a capacity of 251 MW (337,000 hp) and the tops of its five Francis turbines are visible from outside the plant. The plant's head is 136 ft (41 m).
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