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Luxor Hotel Vegas is a hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. The hotel has 30 storys. It is owned and operated by MGM Resorts International. It has a 120,000-square-foot (11,000 m2) casino. It has over 2,000 slot machines and 87 table games.

During the renovation in 2009, the hotel was modernized. It was give a newer design. The hotel has 4,400 rooms. There are also 442 suites. All the rooms line the inside walls of a pyramid style tower. Twin 22-story ziggurat towers were built as later additions.

The hotel is named after the city of Luxor (ancient Thebes) in Egypt. Luxor is the second largest hotel in Las Vegas. The largest is the MGM Grand). It is also the eighth largest in the world. As of 2010, the Luxor has a 4 Key rating from the Green Key Eco-Rating Program, which test hotel operations.

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  • The Luxor From Airport

    View from McCarran International Airport

  • Sphinx at Luxor hotel

    Great Sphinx of Giza and the Luxor Sky Beam

  • Luxor hotel (Las Vegas) obelisc

    Luxor Las Vegas obelisk

  • Luxor Light Beam by inSapphoWeTrust

    Luxor Sky Beam from across Las Vegas Boulevard.

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