![]() ![]() Last May, the $300 million South Point Energy Center came on-line. ![]() In an effort to diversify its economy, the Fort Mojave tribe has turned to a far less glitzy - but potentially more important - economic development tool: a power plant. But tourism and gambling are fickle and highly competitive: The area where Arizona, California and Nevada converge along the river has become saturated with slot machines and posh resort destinations. The Fort Mojave Tribe has managed to lure tourists to its plush golf courses and upscale casino resort on the Colorado River outside of Laughlin, Nev. It's a tough place to eke out a living, and one that encourages economic inventiveness. The barren landscape of the Fort Mojave reservation south of Hoover Dam receives less than seven inches of rain a year.
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