CITY OF BLACK HAWK

Name

CITY OF BLACK HAWK

Legal name

City of Black Hawk

Website

https://cityofblackhawk.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1864

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Government / Municipal Administration

NAICS

Casinos (except Casino Hotels) (71321), Police Protection (922120), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712)

SIC

Water Supply (4941), Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340), Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Works & Municipal Infrastructure (Streets, Stormwater, Facilities) (BPAIACAF)

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Public safety services
• Water treatment services
• Gaming destination management
• Historic preservation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Black Hawk

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Gaming Revenue: Black Hawk generates over 85% of Colorado's gaming revenue. The city is ranked 15th in gaming destinations by American Gaming Association. Over the past 30+ years, over $1 billion has been invested in land, casinos, and related development. Daily gaming visitors exceed 20,000 people.
2. State Tax Contributions: The city contributes over $100 million annually in taxes to the State of Colorado for tourism, historical preservation, and higher education (based on 5-year average).
3. Sales & Use Tax: City sales tax collection began July 1, 2010. All Black Hawk sales tax is remitted directly to the City of Black Hawk.
4. Business/Sales Tax Licensing: Business/Sales Tax Licenses issued with no fee for brick-and-mortar businesses operating within the City of Black Hawk per SB22-032 and Ordinance 2023-3. Occupational tax waived for brick-and-mortar businesses.
5. Dog Licenses: Annual dog license fees: $3.00 for males and spayed females, $5.00 for unspayed females.
6. Shuttle Registration: Annual shuttle registration fee of $100.00 for shuttle owners or operators.
7. Research and Retrieval Fees: Open records request research and retrieval fee of $41.37 per hour for voluminous requests, with first hour free per C.R.S. 24-72-205(6)(a).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The City of Black Hawk is a Home Rule municipal government providing resident, business, and visitor services through departments including Administrative Services, Police, Fire, Public Works, Water, Finance, Community Planning & Development, and Municipal Court. Core offerings include law enforcement (40+ officers handling ~8,000 calls/year), fire/EMS coverage for daily populations up to 40,000+, drinking water production at the Dory Hill membrane and Hidden Valley conventional treatment plants, business and liquor licensing, historic preservation, building/code enforcement, and shuttle-supported gaming destination management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Police Department Law Enforcement Services Around-the-clock law enforcement services delivered by 40+ full-time police officers, answering approximately 8,000 calls per year for residents, businesses, and visitors in Black Hawk.
• Fire Department and Emergency Management Services Fully-career fire and emergency-management services operated from a single station with four fire apparatus, a utility vehicle, and a command vehicle, protecting a daily population that can exceed 40,000 people.
• Water Treatment and Distribution Services Drinking water production delivered through the Dory Hill Water Treatment Plant (membrane process with coagulation, flocculation, pre-oxidation, and microfiltration, upgraded in 2015) and the Hidden Valley Water Treatment Plant (conventional treatment with proprietary iron/manganese removal pressure filters and chlorine disinfection), supplying the entire city.
• Business and Sales Tax Licensing Business/Sales Tax Licenses issued with no fee for brick-and-mortar businesses operating within the city per SB22-032 and Ordinance 2023-3, with occupational tax waived for brick-and-mortar businesses; available via the online licensing portal.
• Dog Licensing Annual dog license program at $3.00 for males and spayed females and $5.00 for unspayed females, administered through the City Clerk's office.
• Shuttle Registration Annual registration program for shuttle owners and operators at $100.00 per year, supporting the city's visitor transportation network.
• Building Permits and Commercial Code Enforcement (administered via SAFEbuilt) Full-service building department program delivered through SAFEbuilt since 2015 including building code plan reviews, complete project support, building code inspections, and Commercial Code Enforcement with inspections, notices, and property-owner consultations on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month.
• Conveyance Inspections (administered via PEI Professional Elevator Inspections) Conveyance consulting and inspections service delivered by PEI Professional Elevator Inspections since 2024, including plan/specification reviews, field checks of new conveyances, and inspections of all conveyance types.
• Liquor and Marijuana Licensing Liquor and marijuana license administration for establishments operating in the city, handled through the City Clerk's office.
• Municipal Court Services Judicial services for traffic cases, municipal code violations, and parking tickets, presided over by Judge Ronald W. Carlson with court sessions held on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 12:00 pm in the Robert A. Clark Public Safety Building.
• Historic Preservation Commission Services Review and preservation of historic assets in Black Hawk, with Commission meetings on the first and third Tuesdays under the leadership of Chair Lynnette Hailey and Vice-Chair Tonya Cadena-Barnett.
• Public Works Services (Streets, Facilities, Fleet, Maintenance) Municipal public works delivery across four divisions — Administration, Facilities, Fleet, and Maintenance — covering street maintenance, facility upkeep, and fleet operations citywide.
• Open Records Request Research and Retrieval Research and retrieval service for open records requests at $41.37 per hour after the first free hour for voluminous requests, with deposit potentially required, per C.R.S. 24-72-205(6)(a).
• Complimentary Visitor Shuttle Service Free shuttle transportation and free parking made available to visitors throughout the city in support of the destination's gaming and tourism activity.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $1 billion invested in development over 30+ years
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PEI Professional Elevator InspectionscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2024PEI Professional Elevator Inspections serves as the City's Conveyance Consultant since 2024, providing organized procedures for enforcement of code standards, reviewing plans and specifications, field checking new conveyances, and performing inspections of all types of conveyances.
• SAFEbuiltcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 January 2015SAFEbuilt provides full-service building department program including building code plan reviews, complete project support, and building code inspections for the City of Black Hawk since 2015. SAFEbuilt also provides Commercial Code Enforcement services including inspections, notices, and property owner consultations on 1st & 3rd Mondays of each month.
• Baseline EngineeringcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerBaseline Engineering provides full-service planning department program, plan reviews, complete project support, and land use inspections for the City of Black Hawk.
• Visit Black HawkcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerVisit Black Hawk (visitblackhawk.org) is a separate organization that promotes Black Hawk as a destination for gaming, entertainment, dining, and lodging. The City website references Visit Black Hawk for visitor information about casinos, dining, and lodging.
• American Gaming AssociationminorOthersBlack Hawk is ranked 15th in gaming destinations by the American Gaming Association. This ranking provides industry recognition for Black Hawk's gaming market position.

Scale indicators9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• City of Reno: Major U.S. gaming and tourism destination with a city-level municipal operating model. Comparable to Black Hawk in combining municipal services with a gaming-driven tourism economy, but at substantially larger scale.
• Clark County, Nevada (Las Vegas): The dominant U.S. gaming jurisdiction and the benchmark against which Black Hawk is ranked (#15 by the American Gaming Association). Clark County provides a much broader scale of gaming, hospitality, and municipal services but anchors the same industry category.
• City of Atlantic City: Long-established U.S. gaming destination with a city government structure supporting a casino-driven economy. Comparable to Black Hawk in the municipal-over-casino model, though at much larger scale and with a coastal rather than mountain visitor base.

Direct peers

• City of Deadwood: Small historic mining town in South Dakota Black Hills re-legalized for gaming in 1989. Highly comparable to Black Hawk in scale, historic preservation emphasis, mountain tourism profile, and small-town municipal operations surrounding a casino economy.
• City of Central City: The third Colorado mountain town authorized for limited-stakes gaming via the 1991 ballot measure. Shares Black Hawk's historic mining-town heritage, casino-driven economy, and small-municipal governance structure, making it the closest geographic and structural peer.
• City of Cripple Creek: One of the three Colorado municipalities authorized for limited-stakes gaming under the same 1991 ballot measure. Operates a comparable mountain gaming economy with casinos, tourism, and small-town municipal services, and competes directly with Black Hawk for Colorado gaming visitors.

Regional players

• City of Aspen: Colorado mountain town with a similar small permanent population, large transient visitor base, and municipal-services-over-tourism model. Useful benchmark for premium mountain-town governance, public safety, and infrastructure economics.
• Town of Breckenridge: Colorado mountain town with comparable population scale, historic mining-era heritage, and tourism-driven municipal economics. Relevant peer for benchmarking municipal services, public safety, and water infrastructure in a similar mountain setting.
• Town of Vail: Colorado mountain town with similar size, municipal structure, and tourism-driven economy. Does not compete in gaming but provides a direct comparison for how Black Hawk's municipal services, public safety, and infrastructure scale to a mountain tourist destination.
• Tunica County, Mississippi: Regional gaming destination in the U.S. South with a county/municipal governance overlay over a casino economy. Comparable to Black Hawk as a smaller non-Nevada gaming jurisdiction, but operating in a different geography and regulatory framework.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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