Las Vegas Luxor is both a hotel and casino and a focal point of attraction in the Sin City. The picture will always seem familiar, whether from magazines, documentaries or touristic ads, because we are talking about one of the world's most famous spots. In its place, there used to be the Pyramid House and it is today one of the best-known themed resorts. The name is taken from the city of Luxor, located in the Valley of the Kings in ancient Egypt.
Built in 1991, Las Vegas Luxor underwent renovation in 2007. It contains more than four thousand rooms for tourists, and its public areas have also been renovated to create more adult-appealing lounges, clubs and restaurants. 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. It used to have a river that surrounded the casino and guests were taken on boat trips to take a look around and to get to that particular casino. The river was later removed because of tourist complaints that the trip took too long. In addition, tourists believed that they could see the ghosts of two of the workers who had died in an accident during the construction period.
There was a theater and a club within the older Las Vegas Luxor. Nowadays things are a little different. They have refurnished the rooms, they have replaced two great restaurants with CatHouse, they have again replaced the nightclub that was most popular in Vegas with another, part of the branch of LAX; 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.
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. At the top of the pyramid there is a tower of light pointing upwards and being considered one of the strongest beams in the world.
