Old Bullhead City AZ, 86442 is the original Bullhead City, the northwest part of town located right across from the riverfront casinos on Casino Drive in Laughlin, Nevada.
Before Laughlin pioneer/casino mogul Don Laughlin built the bridge across Casino Drive/Hwy 163 to North Highway 95/68 in 1987, the ONLY way to get to Bullhead from Laughlin was:
- Hwy 163/95 North to Boulder City (near Las Vegas) and around Hoover Dam to Hwy 93, then thru Kingman and Golden Valley to where Hwys 68 and 95 meet--apx drive time 2-3 hours
- Casino Drive to Needles Highway South to/over the Needles CA Bridge, then North on Hwy 95 to Bullhead--apx drive time 45 - 90 min
- Ferry across the River--apx drive time 0 because you would not have a car :)
As the Laughlin Bridge, followed by the Veterans Memorial Bridge (Fort Mohave/The Avi Resort) made car rides from and to Needles, Mohave Valley, Fort Mohave, Bullhead City and Laughlin convenient, "Old Bullhead" became a less desired area of town . . . for a long time. Especially when the Bullhead Parkway was built in the mid 1990s, allowing commuters and travelers to bypass MOST of Bullhead City--and development began to center further south.
When Laughlin Ranch was developed along the Bullhead Parkway during the real estate boom of 2004-2005, part of the plan was that several city blocks along the river in "Old Bullhead" that was purchased by the developers would become a lavish community marina with valet delivery and services the likes of which the area had never known.
High rise luxury condominiums went up along the River and sold for top dollar.
Then the bottom dropped out and the developer went bust. And "Old Bullhead" languished. Many of the big bucks McMansions and penthouse waterfront condos are today's auction, trustee's sale, short sale and REO resales. Great news for investors and buyers who didn't go bust after the boom!
But what of "Old Bullhead?"
Old Bullhead is coming back . . . we're getting more inquiries from people who want to take advantage of the opportunities (such as rezoned commercial areas that have residences that could be used as an office with storage) in this half a dozen blocks across from Casino Drive, separated only by the Colorado River . . .
ASK ME about GREAT DEALS on properties in this area, such as this commercial site near both Highway 95 and the River: