Las Vegas Luxor
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 is taken from the city of Luxor, an ancient Egyptian town in the Valley of the Kings.
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. One of the walls of the new pyramid displayed a huge ad for Absolut Vodka, but it was removed in 2008. 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. Some guests even complained that this mini-tour took too long, which is probably one reason for the removal of this pseudo-attraction. 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.
The resort Las Vegas Luxor also used to have a night club, a theater and many other attractions. Nowadays things are a little different. CathHouse presently replaces the two former restaurants, and modifications took place at the nightclub as well; fortunately, the Las Vegas Luxor Steakhouse has only changed the name, as well as the IMAX theater.
The design concept of the hotel belongs to Veldon Simpson. Las Vegas Luxor is a thirty-story pyramid of black glass with a truly impressive look. The portico-like structure goes under a huge recreation of the Giza Sphinx which also makes it strikingly known to so many people. 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.
