| Coordinates | 29°57′53″N90°4′14″N |
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| Logo | Luxor Las Vegas logo.svg |
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| Casino | Luxor Las Vegas |
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| Theme | Thebes |
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| Address | 3900 Las Vegas Blvd South. Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 |
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| Rooms | 4,407 |
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| Date opened | October 13, 1993 |
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| Space gaming | |
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| Attractions | LAX NightclubCathouseUltra LoungeNoir BarAtrium LevelAurora Liquidity Flight High Bar Play BarTitanic: The Artifact ExhibitionBodies…The Exhibition |
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| Shows | Carrot TopFantasy Criss Angel Believe Menopause the Musical |
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| Restaurants | TENDER steak & seafood, T&T; Pyramid Café,MORE The Buffet Backstage DeliFood Court |
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| Owner | MGM |
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| Casino type | Land-Resort |
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| Renovations | 19982007 2008 |
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| Website | www.luxor.com |
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Luxor Las Vegas is a
hotel and
casino located on the
Las Vegas Strip in
Paradise, Nevada. The 30-story hotel, which is operated by MGM Resorts International, features a casino floor that includes over 2,000 slot machines and 87 table games.
It has a new, highly modernized and contemporary design and contains a total of 4,400 rooms, including 442 suites, lining the interior walls of a pyramid style tower and within twin 22-story ziggurat towers that were built as later additions.
The hotel is named after the city of Luxor (ancient Thebes) in Egypt. Luxor is the second largest hotel in Las Vegas (the largest being the MGM Grand Las Vegas) and the third largest in the world. As of 2010, the Luxor has a 4 Key rating from the Green Key Eco-Rating Program, which evaluates "sustainable" hotel operations.
Facilities and attractions
Luxor Las Vegas includes of convention space, four swimming pools and whirlpools, a wedding chapel, Nurture Spa and Salon and 29 retail stores.
Luxor is also connected to the
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino through The Shoppes at Mandalay Place, a - long retail sky bridge with retailers such as Urban Outfitters, minus5° Ice Lounge & Lodge and a Nike Golf store.
The Luxor is home to four shows which consist of "Criss Angel - Believe", "Fantasy" (a topless revue), comedian Carrot Top, and "Menopause the Musical". Luxor's most recent live show is "Criss Angel - Believe", a collaboration between illusionist Criss Angel and Cirque du Soleil that began in Halloween of 2008. The hotel also hosts “Bodies...The Exhibition,” an educational display on the human body, and “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition”. From 2000 to 2005, the Luxor Theatre was the home of the performance-art show Blue Man Group, which has since moved to The Venetian.
On August, 31 2007, LAX Nightclub officially opened at a party hosted by Britney Spears. A number of other celebrities, including Christina Aguilera, have also hosted events at the club. The two-level, venue contains 78 VIP tables and Noir Bar, which according to the Las Vegas Review Journal is an “ultra-elite bar” that is a reservations-only establishment.
Restaurants within the hotel consist of TENDER steak & seafood, T&T;, Pyramid Café, MORE The Buffet and the Backstage Deli. There is also a Food Court on the Atrium level which contains a Quiznos, McDonald’s, Nathan's Famous, Little Caesars Pizza, Swensen's Ice Cream, and Starbucks Coffee.
Design
Designed by hotel architect
Veldon Simpson and interior designer Charles Silverman, the Luxor has received recognition as being among the most recognizable hotels on the strip because of its unique design. The main portion of the hotel is a -high, 30-story pyramid encased in 11 acres of dark bronze glass. The hotel is marked by a -high
obelisk and a -tall re-creation of the
Great Sphinx of Giza.
The tip of the pyramid contains a fixed-position spotlight that points directly upward and is claimed to be the brightest beam in the world at over 42.3 billion candle power.
Location and history
Luxor is located on the southern end of the
Las Vegas Strip. The resort is flanked by the
Mandalay Bay to the south and by the
Excalibur to the north; all three are connected by free express and local
trams. All three properties were built by Circus Circus Enterprises, which in 1999 became
Mandalay Resort Group.
Ground was broken for the Luxor in 1992 and officially opened eighteen months later at 4 A.M on October 15, 1993 to a crowd of 10,000 people. When it opened, the pyramid, which cost $375 million to build, was the tallest building on the strip and contained 2,526 rooms and a casino. The resort was financed by “petty cash” earned from other Circus Circus Enterprises properties and did not include any outside financial investors. The casino also featured King Tut’s Tomb and Museum, a duplicate of King Tutankhamen’s tomb as found in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt.
On May 7, 2007, a vehicle exploded in a Luxor Hotel parking garage due to a homemade bomb which left one dead. Local authorities believe the victim, a 24-year-old employee at Nathan’s Famous hot dog restaurant in the Luxor food court, was the intended target. The hotel was not evacuated, operations continued uninterrupted and the parking structure as well as the casino were undamaged.
Usage in popular culture
This
destination hotel is often viewed as a prime example of 1990s
Postmodern architecture, and appeared on the cover of architecture scholar James Steele's book
Architecture Today. Since opening in 1993, the hotel has appeared in numerous films including the 1996 film
Mars Attacks and can be seen in the destroyed Vegas in
2012.
In The Hangover, Phil, Stu, Doug, Alan, and Doug celebrate a bachelor party in Las Vegas. The Luxor can be seen in the background of some scenes.
In Up in the Air, George Clooney's character, Ryan Bingham, is asked to take a picture in front of the Luxor hotel. The hotel has also been featured in the television shows Fear Factor, Criss Angel Mindfreak, Great Hotels, and CSI. A replica of the Luxor, named "The Camel's Toe", appeared in the Las Venturas area of the video game .
The Luxor Lightbeam appears in many (if not all) images of Las Vegas, from films to Computer Games. This is the case even if the Pyramid cannot be seen (such as in Hoyle's Casino by Sierra)
Gallery
References
External links
Luxor Hotel website
Aerial image
Category:Casinos in Las Vegas
Category:Skyscraper hotels in the Las Vegas metropolitan area
Category:Resorts in Las Vegas
Category:Las Vegas Strip
Category:Landmarks in Nevada
Category:Buildings and structures in Paradise, Nevada
Category:Pyramids
Category:Novelty buildings in the United States
Category:1993 architecture
Category:Architecture in the Las Vegas metropolitan area
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