The largest expansion came in 1994 with the addition of 792 more rooms in a 30-story hotel tower, which remains the tallest of the hotel towers in Laughlin. With free admission to the public, the Riverside's extensive collection is an offshoot of the famous Harrah's collection. Construction of a 14-story hotel/casino tower in 1983 added 253 rooms and in 1986, a second fourteen-floor tower added 307 more rooms and an automotive museum. In 1972, Don Laughlin expanded by building a west wing that added 48 rooms, and in 1975, a 52-room east wing was built. Laughlin wanted to call the community 'Riverside' or 'Casino' but the Post Office opted for Laughlin. It offered all-you-can-eat chicken dinners for 98 cents, twelve slot machines and two live gambling tables, and eight motel rooms, four of which were occupied by Don Laughlin's family. He opened the Riverside Resort on August 2, 1966. Laughlin operated the 101 Club in Las Vegas. The property as seen from the Colorado River in 2018ģ5☁0′03″N 114☃4′17″W / 35.16746470262157°N 114.57147841517417°W / 35.16746470262157 -114.57147841517417ĭon Laughlin's Riverside Resort Hotel & Casino is a hotel and casino on the banks of the Colorado River in Laughlin, Nevada.ĭon Laughlin bought the southern tip of Nevada in 1954 (informally called South Pointe).