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Boulder City is a city [5] in Clark County, Nevada, United States. [4] It is approximately 26 miles (42 km) southeast of Las Vegas.As of the 2020 census, the population of Boulder City was 14,885. [6]
Boulder City, Clark county, southeastern Nevada, U.S. is situated by the Hoover Dam. The only reason for its existence was the requirement of housing the employees hired to build the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River. At the time of construction of the Dam, Boulder City sheltered more than 4,000 employees in 1500 buildings from 1931 to 1935. [5] [6]
Las Vegas: 3: Boulder City Historic District: Boulder City Historic District: August 19, 1983 : Roughly bounded by Nevada Highway, Avenue L, Date, and 5th Sts. Boulder City: 4: Boulder Dam Hotel: Boulder Dam Hotel
Near Interstate 15, looking north in 2006. U.S. Route 93 in Nevada is known as the Great Basin Highway from Interstate 15 in North Las Vegas to Interstate 80 in Wells. [3] It begins at the Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge in Boulder City, concurrent with Interstate 11.
This section of Boulder Highway features a landscaped median and is adjacent to several local casinos, including Boulder Station and Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall. [2] North of the Boulder Strip area, SR 582 changes names from Boulder Highway to Fremont Street as it crosses the Las Vegas city limits at Sahara Avenue.
The first reported non-Native American visitor to the Las Vegas Valley was the Mexican scout Rafael Rivera in 1829.[10] [11] [12] Las Vegas was named by Mexicans in the Antonio Armijo party, [4] including Rivera, who used the water in the area while heading north and west along the Old Spanish Trail from Texas.
The northern valley contains Boulder City's "Eldorado Energy Zone" which is home to the 480 MW El Dorado natural gas power plant completed in the year 2000. [4] Since 2007, it is also home to the concentrated solar power plant, Nevada Solar One , as well as a growing number of photovoltaic power stations , including: [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ]
The Boulder Strip market is more dependent on slot machines than Downtown Las Vegas. The casinos are mostly oriented toward locals. Race and Sports book are more important. The entire Boulder Strip market (gaming and non-gaming) is a little smaller than the revenue generated by the Las Vegas properties of Wynn Resorts.