ROOMS 4,397
SLOT MACHINES 805
TABLE GAMES 48
MEETING SQFT 35K
LUXOR UNEXPECTED TREASURE Luxor is an architectural spectacle. Its pyramidal structure reputedly features the largest atrium in the world by volume, and building the property was a uniquely challeng- ing task. The team at Circus Circus Enterprises was behind the project, gathering industry experts to execute on their Ancient Egyptian-inspired vision from design through construction. from anywhere on the Strip after nightfall. The property also has a 10-story Sphinx statue at its entrance and, for the first years after opening in 1993, featured a “river” that flowed around the periphery of the pyramid’s interior atrium.
Three theaters held the original main attractions of the resort and filmmaker Douglas Trumbull, famous for working on special effects for “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” was brought in to design the entertainment. In a 1993 documentary on the project, “The Making of Luxor Las Vegas,” Trumbull said, “We wanted to create…some place to have an adventure, some place that we’ve never seen before.”
The final building stands 350 feet tall and 4 diagonal elevators, or “inclinators,” each situated at a 39-degree angle, run up and down the edges of the pyramid. The apex of the pyramid contains a powerful 42.3 billion candela light beam that used to be visible from space. Recently, MGM has toned back the power used on the beam as part of its sustainability initiatives, though it can still be seen
OPPOSITE: Luxor’s famous candela light beam, ABOVE: A first class saucer salvaged from the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, as featured in Luxor’s long-standing Titanic exhibit
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