Luxor Las Vegas
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| Location | Las Vegas, Nevada 89119 |
| Address | 3900 South Las Vegas Boulevard |
| Opening date | October 15, 1993 |
| Theme | Ancient Egypt |
| No. of rooms | 4,407 |
| Total gaming space | 120,000 sq ft (11,000 m2) |
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Blue Man Group Carrot Top Fantasy Criss Angel Mindfreak Live |
| Signature attractions | LAX Nightclub Atrium Level Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition Bodies…The Exhibition Aurora Bar Centra Bar & Lounge Flight Bar |
| Notable restaurants | TENDER Steak & Seafood T&T (Tacos & Tequila) Public House Rice and Company MORE The Buffet |
| Casino type | Land-based |
| Owner | MGM Resorts International |
| Renovated in | 1998, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
| Coordinates | 36°5′43.67″N 115°10′32.94″W / 36.0954639°N 115.1758167°WCoordinates: 36°5′43.67″N 115°10′32.94″W / 36.0954639°N 115.1758167°W |
| Website | luxor |
Luxor Las Vegas is a hotel and casino situated on the southern end of the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The 30-story hotel, owned and operated by MGM Resorts International, has a 120,000-square-foot (11,000 m2) casino with over 2,000 slot machines and 87 table games.
Due to the 2008 to 2009 renovation, it has a new, highly modernized design and contains a total of 4,407 rooms, including 442 suites, lining the interior walls of a pyramid-shaped tower and within more recent twin 22-story ziggurat towers.
The hotel is named after the city of Luxor (ancient Thebes) in Egypt. Luxor is the sixth-largest hotel in Las Vegas and the ninth-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.
Ground was broken for the Luxor in March 1992 and the resort officially opened at 4 AM on October 13, 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 100,000 sq ft (9,300 m2) casino. The resort was financed by “petty cash” earned from other Circus Circus Enterprises properties and did not include any outside financial investors. The hotel's pyramid is similar in size to the Red Pyramid and Bent Pyramid of Egypt.
A theater and two additional towers totaling 2,000 rooms were added in 1998 for $675 million. When the resort opened, it featured the Nile River Tour which was a river ride that carried guests to different parts of the pyramid and passed by pieces of ancient artwork on a river that encircled the casino. 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.
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