Hoover Dam Half Day Tour With Admission Fee for the Visitor Center and Generator
Hoover Dam Half Day Tour With Admission Fee for the Visitor Center and Generator. Right from the Las Vegas Strip, we take you to experience the world-famous Hoover Dam in all its power and majesty.
Highlights
- Experience the world-famous Hoover Dam
- See the electrical generators that power Las Vegas
- Put your two feet in two different states at the same time
We will take you right from the Las Vegas Strip to experience the world-famous Hoover Dam quality tour. Guests will arrive at the Mike O’Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge to behold the Hoover Dam from a 900-foot bridge above the Colorado River and Black Rock Canyon. Afterward, we will stop at the visitor center at the summit of Hoover Dam where guests can visit and take photos.
Hoover Dam was named after Herbert C. Hoover, the 31st president of the United States. It is the largest hydroelectric power station in the western United States today and also one of the most important power providers in the United States. Without the Hoover Dam, Las Vegas would never be able to have the casinos, neon lights, and glittering nightlife that made it what it is. For more than 80 years, visitors have steadily poured in to see the dam’s spectacular grandeur.
From the outside, you’ll be able to see the iconic dam that has appeared in many films and television shows including the Transformers films and San Andreas. Inside the dam are housed 27 giant turbine engines that support its daily operation.
Visitors will have the opportunity to have a panoramic view of the room while electricity is generating. The exhibition showroom will be a great place for guests to learn more about the historical background of the dam.
Hoover Dam straddles both Nevada and Arizona and may have a 1-hour time difference depending on the season. After boarding the top of the dam, guests can not only experience the visual impact of “Mountains that seem like hills”, but also can freely cross between the two states. At the top of the dam, the junction of the two states is marked as a popular photo spot. Put one foot in Nevada, the other in Arizona: just what time zone are you in?
Tour schedule (approximate times):
7:15 AM- 8:00 AM: Hotel Pickups
8:45 AM: Arrive at Hoover Dam. Guests will be driven to the Arizona side of the dam with a chance for views of the dam and Lake Mead. Next, guests will be taken to the parking garage for access to the top of the dam and the visitor center.
10:35 AM: Return to board the bus at Hoover Dam parking garage.
10:45 AM: Stop at Mike O’Callaghan/Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge. Time provided for photos and a walk on the bridge overlooking Hoover Dam.
11:15 AM: Depart Hoover Dam
Noon: Arrive at 1st hotel Drop-off Location.
Hoover Dam Half Day Tour With Admission Fee for the Visitor Center and Generator.
The Hoover Dam info
The Hoover Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, which is located on the border between the U.S. states of Nevada and Arizona. The structure was built between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Its construction was the result of an enormous effort that involved thousands of workers, and it came at the cost of over a hundred lives. In 1933, Boulder Dam was originally called Hoover Dam because it was built under President Herbert Hoover’s administration. After being renamed, it was officially given Hoover Dam’s current moniker by a joint resolution of Congress in 1947.
Lake Mead, the country’s largest reservoir by volume, is dammed to hold back the Colorado River’s water (when it is full). The dam is located near Boulder City, Nevada, a municipality that was established in the construction industry as a location for workers, about 30 mi (48 km) southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada.
The dam’s generators are used to provide power for both public and private utilities in Nevada, Arizona, and California. Hoover Dam is one of the nation’s most popular tourist destinations; more than a million people visit the dam each year. The U.S. is an extremely well-traveled country Until October 2010, US 93 (Route 93) ran along the dam’s crest and when the Hoover Dam Bypass opened, it was decommissioned.
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