Completed in 1980, the Inn (originally the Lori Motel) was built to accommodate defense contractor and military personnel working with the Ford Aerospace Corporation who worked at military installations at nearby Nellis Air Force Base - home to top secret installations like the world famous Area 51 (Groom Lake), the Nevada Nuclear Test Site (where over 500 above-ground nuclear bomb tests were tested, and the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository.
located in the Eastern Mojave Desert in the Wild West pioneering town of Beatty, Nevada. The Inn at the gateway to Death Valley National Park, located just 6 miles from the Hell's Gate Entrance.