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Hoover dam in Las Vegas |
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Hoover Dam is one of the most popular places of tourist attraction in Las Vegas. Every single day, to witness this engineering and architectural marvel, almost 2,000 to 3,000 people pay a visit to this place. Behind the construction of the Hoover Dam there is a big background.
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Before it was constructed the major portion of the southwestern United States suffered due to two natural reasons:
- Most of the year this place used to remain as sandy terrain and barren island.
- During the spring and early summer this place used to get flooded by the river Colorado.
After the construction of this dam the the lives, property and crops were provided with proper preservation.
The Hoover Dam, Las Vegas is opened for the visitors every day in the year and it remains open from 9:00 am to 5:15 pm. Every time you visit the Hoover Dam you are required to pay the required entry fees. For your benefit here is the list of entry fees for visitors of different ages:
- For adults between age of 17-61: $ 11
- For adults beyond the age of 61 and military personnel: $ 9
- Kids between the age of 7-16 : $ 6
- Free entry for the kids below age of six
- Parking allotment fare: $ 7
- For more information on the Hoover Dam, Las Vegas tour you may call to these numbers : 866/730-9097 or 702/494-2517.
For your benefit the authority has made an arrangement to make payment through the Mastercard, Visa card, American Express or Discover.
The sight of this gigantic dam will surely mesmerize you and simultaneously you will be amazed to see the triumph of human creative power over the wildness of nature. Not only that, in addition to this you are going to get a spellbinding overview of the surrounding greenery and natural beauty, surrounding this place. Surely this architectural and engineering masterpiece is one of the major instance of the human creative power and proudly bears the symbol of humane inventiveness.
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