The Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is located on the Las Vegas Strip. It is owned by MGM Resorts International and has a 120,000 square foot casino. The hotel is in the shape of a pyramid with 4,400 rooms lining the interior walls. It includes convention space, swimming pools, spas, and retail stores. The Luxor is known for its unique pyramid design and large interior atrium.

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2. Luxor Las Vegas
Luxor Las Vegas is a hotel and casino on 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.[1][2][3]
In the 2008 to 2009 renovation, 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.[1][3][4][5]
The hotel is named after the city of Luxor (ancient Thebes) in Egypt.[6] Luxor is the second
largest hotel in Las Vegas (the largest being the MGM Grand) and the eighth largest in the
world.[7] As of 2010, the Luxor has a 4 Key rating from the Green Key Eco-Rating
Program, which evaluates "sustainable" hotel operations.[8] Facilities and attractions
Luxor Las Vegas includes 20,000 sq ft (1,900 m2) of convention space, four swimming pools and
whirlpools, a wedding chapel, Nurture Spa and Salon and 29 retail stores.[7][19][20][21][22] Luxor is
also connected to the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino through The Shoppes at Mandalay Place, a
310-foot (94 m)- long retail sky bridge with retailers such as Urban Outfitters, minus5° Ice
Lounge & Lodge, a Guinness Store and a Nike Golf store.[23][23]
The Luxor is home to five shows which consist of "Criss Angel - Believe", "PRiSM" starring the
Jabbawockeez, "Fantasy" (a topless revue), comedian Carrot Top, and "Menopause the
Musical".[24] Luxor's most recent live show, PRiSM, debuted in May 2013 and stars popular
dance crew Jabbawockeez. The show features dance and mime comedy to tell a story themed
around black, white and the 7 colors of the spectrum. PRiSM is housed in a new 850-seat theater
and a mural of the crew is painted in the lobby by performance artist David Garibaldi.[25]
Luxor's other star show is "Criss Angel - Believe", a collaboration between illusionist Criss
Angel and Cirque du Soleil that began in Halloween of 2008.[26] The hotel also hosts
“Bodies...The Exhibition,” an educational display on the human body, and “Titanic: The Artifact
Exhibition”.[27][28] From 2000 to 2005, the Luxor Theatre was the home of the performance-art
show Blue Man Group, which has since moved to the Monte Carlo.[29]
On August 31, 2007, LAX Nightclub officially opened at a party hosted by Britney Spears.[30] A
number of other celebrities, including Christina Aguilera, have also hosted events at the club.[31]
The two-level, 26,000 sq ft (2,400 m2) 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.[30] Additional nightlife destinations within Luxor include CatHouse, Aurora,
Liquidity, and Flight.[32][33]

3. The McDonalds inside of the Luxor food court became the first out of two McDonalds in the
entire world to vend Pepsi products instead of Coke products. The second opened up 3 years
later in Excalibur.
Design
Interior atrium and front desk in late September of 2014
Designed by hotel architect Veldon Simpson and interior designer Charles Silverman,[34] 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 365-foot (111 m)-high, 30-story pyramid
encased in 11 acres of dark bronze glass.[5][35][12] The guest rooms are situated on the outer walls
of the pyramid and are reached by riding in "inclinators" that travel along the inner surface of the
pyramid at a 39-degree angle. The hotel also features a 29-million-cubic-foot (820,000 m3)
atrium, which was the largest open atrium in the world when it was built in 1993.[5][9] The hotel
is marked by a 140-foot (43 m)-high obelisk and a 110-foot (34 m)-tall re-creation of the Great
Sphinx of Giza.[36] 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.[37]
Luxor Sky Beam
The light of the Luxor low view
At 42.3 billion candela, the Luxor Sky Beam is the strongest beam of light in the world. Using
computer designed, curved mirrors to collect the light from 39 xenon lamps and focus them into
one intense, narrow beam, engineers say that a person could read a newspaper by Luxor’s Sky
Beam from ten miles up. On a clear night, the Sky Beam is visible up to 275 miles (443 km)
away by aircraft at cruising altitude, such as over Los Angeles.[38][39]
Each of the 39 lamps is a 7,000 watt[40] Xenotech fixture[41] costing about $1,200. When at full
power, the system costs $51 an hour to operate, with $20 per hour of that just for its 315,000
watts of electricity.[40] The beam has operated reliably since first enabled on October 15, 1993,
and is an FAA designated navigational landmark for aviators.[38]
The lamp room is about 50 feet (15 m) below the top of the building and serviced by a staff of
two workers during the day.[42] The room's temperature is about 300 °F (149 °C) while the lights
are operating.[43] Since 2008, only half the lamps are lit as a cost and energy saving measure.[44]
The light might be the world's best bug attractor, establishing a new ecosystem of moths, bats,
and owls.[45]
Location
Luxor is located on the southern end of the Las Vegas Strip.[46] The resort is flanked by the
Mandalay Bay to the south and by the Excalibur to the north; all three are connected by free

4. express and local trams.[47] All three properties were built by Circus Circus Enterprises, which in
1999 became Mandalay Resort Group.[48][49]
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.[50] Since
opening in 1993, the hotel has appeared in numerous films including the 1996 film Mars
Attacks[51] and can be seen in the destroyed Vegas in 2012.[52]
In Up in the Air, George Clooney's character, Ryan Bingham, is asked to take a picture in front
of the Luxor hotel.[53] The hotel has also been featured in the television shows Fear Factor, Criss
Angel Mindfreak, Great Hotels, and CSI.[51][54] A replica of the Luxor, named "The Camel's
Toe", appeared in the Las Venturas area of the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.[55]