Luxor Hotel Vegas
Luxor Hotel Vegas is a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The hotel has 30 storys. It is owned and operated by MGM Resorts International. It has a 120,000-square-foot (11,000 m2) casino. It has over 2,000 slot machines and 87 table games.[1]
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During the renovation in 2009, the hotel was modernized. It was give a newer design. The hotel has 4,400 rooms. There are also 442 suites. All the rooms line the inside walls of a pyramid style tower. Twin 22-story ziggurat towers were built as later additions.[2]
The hotel is named after the city of Luxor (ancient Thebes) in Egypt.[3] Luxor is the second largest hotel in Las Vegas. The largest is the MGM Grand). It is also the eighth largest in the world.[4] As of 2010, the Luxor has a 4 Key rating from the Green Key Eco-Rating Program, which test hotel operations.[5]
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View from McCarran International Airport
Great Sphinx of Giza and the Luxor Sky Beam
Luxor Las Vegas obelisk
Luxor Sky Beam from across Las Vegas Boulevard
An entrance leading to the Luxor Hotel
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References
- ↑ MGM Resorts International (2010). "Luxor Las Vegas Fact Sheet - press kit". Luxor.com. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ↑ Caine, Rachel (2003). "The Best Game in Town". Texas Monthly: 73. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ↑ Luxor casino: 30-story pyramid. 26 April 1992. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4107334.html. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ↑ "Checking In: The World's 10 Largest Hotels & Resorts". Footwear News. 65: 97. 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ↑ Vartan, Starre (25 August 2010). Bellagio, MGM Grand, other hotels earn high ratings from Green Key. https://www.forbes.com/2010/08/25/las-vegas-mgm-technology-greenkey.html. Retrieved 13 November 2014.