Boulder City, Nevada, a place of parks and small town values was created out of the arid desert by the government. Just 23 short miles from glittering Las Vegas, the “reservation” of the 1930’s has evolved over the decades. Home to retirees, families, artists and others, overlooking Lake Mead, just around the corner from Hoover Dam, and up the hill from Las Vegas our town has something for everyone.
The historic Boulder Dam Hotel, once a stopping place for the celebrities and royalty in those early days, now revitalized and home to the Chamber of Commerce, the Boulder City Arts Council, the Hoover Dam Museum, fine boutiques and an excellent restaurant.
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Boulder City has a fascinating history as the first “planned community” in America. It was designed and built to provide shelter to thousands of workers on the Hoover Dam (then known as The Boulder Canyon Project). Held over from its early beginnings, there is still no gambling permitted in Boulder City, the only community in Nevada with that distinction. The well preserved Historic District provides a glimpse of the 1930’s.