The hotel consists of 452 rooms and 29 spa suites. The Avi Resort is a Vegas-style facility. The Avi Resort beach on the Colorado River. The Spanish were the first Europeans to visit, but it was the Americans who built and occupied Fort Mojave from 1859 to 1891. Evidence of native existence goes back thousands of years, with geoglyphs found along the Colorado River, such as the Mojave Twins close to the casino. The Mojave people have lived along the Colorado River since Mutavikya, their spiritual leader, created the Mojave civilization. This is the land of the Mojave Indians, known as the Pipa Aha Macav or the people by the river. The Avi Resort started with a small casino in 1995 and is now celebrating its 20th anniversary. Many people continue on to Laughlin, 11 miles (18 kilometres) north, but the Avi Resort is certainly worth the stop for RVers and golfers. In this most southern tip of the Silver State is the Avi Casino and Resort. Driving north on Highway 95 from Needles, California, you can cross the Colorado River into Nevada at Bullhead City, Arizona. There is a small area in Nevada that many snowbirds are not familiar with.
