Driving Around Laughlin, Nevada in 4k Video

Filmed on Saturday, February 24 2024, I drive around Laughlin, NV to see what's going on.
Laughlin is named for gaming entrepreneur Don Laughlin.
The townsite of Laughlin was established in the 1940s under the name South Pointe because of the proximity to the southern tip of the state of Nevada. The early town consisted of a motel and bar that catered to gold and silver miners, construction workers building Davis Dam, and fishing enthusiasts. In the 1950s, construction workers left, and the town all but disappeared.
In 1964, Don Laughlin, owner of the 101 Club in Las Vegas, flew over the site and saw its tourism potential. He offered to buy the land, and within a few years, the Riverside Resort motel and casino, consisting of only 12 slots and two live tables, was bustling. A second casino, the Bobcat Club, opened in 1967, where the Golden Nugget Laughlin currently operates. In 1968, a third casino, the Monte Carlo, opened its doors.
The 1980s saw the construction of several more hotels and casinos. The Colorado Hotel (now the Pioneer), The Regency, Sam's Town Gold River (now the Laughlin River Lodge), and The Edgewater opened in the early 1980s. Other investors saw the growth as an opportunity to get in on the action. A second boom resulted in the construction of The Colorado Belle, Harrah's Del Rio, and The Ramada Express (now The Tropicana Express).
In 1987, Don Laughlin funded and built the Laughlin Bridge at a cost of $3.5 million, which connected Laughlin to Bullhead City. He donated the bridge to the states of Nevada and Arizona. The bridge carries 30,000 vehicles daily. Prior to the bridge, ferry boats carried tourists from the Arizona side of the river to the Nevada side.
The Flamingo Hilton, now known as The Aquarius, was built in 1990.
Laughlin is the third most visited casino and resort destination in the state after Las Vegas and Reno and is one of the top five destinations for American RV enthusiasts.
For New Year's celebrations, the neighboring town of Bullhead City, Arizona, is one hour ahead of Laughlin. Revelers can ring in the New Year in Bullhead City and then cross the bridge into Laughlin to ring it in again one hour later.
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[@CambodiaLifeTV]

Nice job ❤

[@exploreusacities]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@mmdl9297]

I love Laughlin, have not been there for vacation since 2008, this video was so relaxing, felt like I was driving through there😊

[@exploreusacities]

thank you, that's the goal

[@mmdl9297]

@@exploreusacities great job on the video, I never knew how big that RV park was.

[@exploreusacities]

it's as big as a neighborhood, when I looked on the map that's what I thought it was. it took me a while to figure out where the people live.

[@samsquanch1996]

One thing I've noticed about Nevada is their roads are a lot more wide than other states and there's generally a feeling of a lot of space due to the wide streets, at least compared to Arizona. I've noticed that in many cities in Nevada.

[@davidtosh7200]

Will Laughlin Nevada be incorporated as a city for the next 10 years from now? It is growing and building more houses to have a population of exceeding 10,000 people at the extreme southern tip of Nevada at the Arizona border. Caliente Nevada could become unincorporated community with a population of only 900 people in 2020 from 1,100 people in 2010.

[@martyaz]

Thanks for the tour of the RV area. I wonder what the ratio of snowbirds to local employee is?

[@exploreusacities]

it's gotta be 70% snowbirds/retirees

[@butts4653]

Winter it's the snowbirds, summer it's the Californians with their giant lifted trucks and $100k+ boats

[@danielvillalobos9487]

Just moved to Laughlin.

[@exploreusacities]

nice, do you love it?

[@danielvillalobos9487]

@@exploreusacities yes,great place

[@kitbiggz6135]

What's the age demographics like? I'm young but like being around a bunch of Old people.

[@butts4653]

​@@kitbiggz6135it's almost all old people there. Younger people tend to be criminals, tweakers, druggies etc. I lived out there for a while and while I loved the area I couldn't take the people anymore

[@Eugene2736]

Where are all of the people?

[@exploreusacities]

playing slots

[@UnknownScorpion]

I live here. most of the locals are either home, working, or driving over to Arizona side Bullhead City or Fort Mohave for more shopping store options.

[@az_exit1279]

All of the houses are the same color and look the same.

[@PaulieCicero1]

thats nevada in general tbh