Hoover Dam Lodge Hotel & Casino

Hoover Dam Lodge Hotel and Casino opened in May 1958 as the Gold Strike Inn and later changed to Hacienda until getting its current name in 2015. It is located on a parcel of private land surrounded by Lake Mead National Recreation Area, three miles from Hoover Dam. It overlooks Lake Mead and has a 17-story tower with 372 rooms. It has 154 slot machines, and a race and sports book. Epic adventure photo shoots, hiking & paddling deep into the Black Canyon and helicopter rides over the Hoover Dam are available.

Hours of operation: 24 hours 7 days a week. Plenty of free parking.

Admission: Free admission.

Machine 1: is located inside at the entrance to the General store in the center of the Lodge lobby and costs 51¢ each to press. Uses your own quarters and pennies.
Designs all have a beaded border with 'Hoover Dam':
1) (H) Hoover Dam Lodge with 'Lodge Hotel & Casino'.
2) (V) A sailboat on Lake Mead in front of the rising sun with 'Lodge Lake Mead'.
3) (V) Grand Canyon', Helicopter over the Canyon. (2026)
4) (H) Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge above Hoover Dam and the Colorado river.

Retired from Machine 1: 1) A big horn sheep with 'Big Horn Sheep Lodge'.

G.P.S. coordinates: Latitude: N36° 0' 35.5788" Longitude: W114° 47' 5.8092"
Google Maps coordinates: 2658+X2 Boulder City, Nevada

There are 6 more penny machines within a 10 to 20 minute drive:
Another within the Lake Mead National Recreational area (entry fee required) at the Las Vegas Boat Harbor,
A penny machine at the Hoover Dam in the Mercantile (Gift Shop) 3.5 miles away.
One at the Outlook Gift Shop after you cross over the dam and enter Arizona at the top of the hill at the end of the Kingman Wash Access Road.
There are 3 penny machines within Boulder City.

4/21/26 - Rolling fine - JAM