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Reclamation Extends Hoover Dam Tour Hours

Media Contact: Robert Walsh , 702.293.8421, 03/27/2006 16:38

For Release: March 27, 2006

Beginning Sunday, April 2, visitors to Hoover Dam, which is located about 35 miles southeast of Las Vegas on Highway 93, will have an extra hour in which to take a "Discovery" tour.

The new operating hours will be from 9:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. These operating hours will remain in effect until September 16, when the closing time will return to 4:15 p.m. The Hoover Dam parking garage will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily during this period.

Hoover Dam is open for tours every day of the year except Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. For information about the Hoover Dam tour, visit the Internet site at www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/.

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