Planning to Visit Hoover Dam? Check Out This First

Some people say Hoover Dam is overrated, but maybe we should decide for ourselves.

The base of Hoover Dam in Boulder City, Nevada, on Dec. 13, 2019. Ellen Schmidt/Las Vegas Review-Journal/TNS

By Richard N. Velotta From Las Vegas Review-Journal

Even though a team of researchers from Jackpot City Casino, an online free-play social gambling site, has deemed Hoover Dam the fourth-most overrated tourist attraction in the country, 7 million people visit the 726-foot engineering marvel on the Colorado River at the Nevada–Arizona border each year.