Las Vegas Luxor

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Posted by Lisa | Posted in General Travel | Posted on 18-06-2009

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Las Vegas Luxor is both a hotel and casino and a focal point of attraction in the Sin City. It is probably one of the places that most people know at least from pictures and documentaries when it comes to touristic attractions around the world. In its place, there used to be the Pyramid House and it is today one of the best-known themed resorts. The name comes from the city of Luxor, located in the Valley of the Kings in ancient Egypt.

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Las Vegas Luxor was built in 1991 and it was renovated in 2007. Tourists have more than 4,000 rooms available in addition to restaurants, clubs and lounges. In the same year of the renovation, one of the pyramid’s black surfaced facades advertised for Absolut Vodka but last year, in 2008, the ad was taken off. Reviews say that the former look of Las Vegas Luxor, prior to the renovation, had more of the Egyptian atmosphere than the present-day structure. A river surrounded the casino and tourists where given a boat trip of the place. The river was later removed because of tourist complaints that the trip took too long. Some superstitious voices even claimed that the river was haunted by the ghosts of two workers who had lost their lives working on the casino.

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There was a theater and a club within the older Las Vegas Luxor. Nowadays things are a little different. CathHouse presently replaces the two former restaurants, and modifications took place at the nightclub as well; fortunately, you can still find the Las Vegas Luxor Steakhouse only under a different name as well as the IMAX theater which has been renovated to offer even greater performance shows.

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Las Vegas Luxor is very well-known because of its design, the work of Veldon Simpson. It is actually a pyramid of black glass that has rooms and facilities along 30 stories in height. An imitation of the Sphinx of Giza dominates the entrance, as it is placed right above the portico. Another peculiarity of the building is the tower of light directed towards the skin that has the reputation of being one of the most powerful of such beams worldwide.

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