Local authorities believe the victim, a 24-year-old employee at Nathan's Famous hot dog restaurant in the Luxor food court, was the intended target. On May 7, 2007, a vehicle exploded in a Luxor Hotel parking garage due to a homemade pipe bomb which left one man dead. In July 2007, owner MGM Resorts International announced plans to thoroughly renovate the Luxor, spending $300 million to remodel 80% of Luxor's public areas, removing much of the ancient Egyptian theme and replacing it with more adult-oriented and modern lounges, restaurants and clubs. A theater and two additional towers totaling 2,000 rooms were added in 1998 for $675 million. Renovations Ī $240 million expansion occurred in 1996, and included an IMAX theater. When the hotel opened, it was the tallest structure on the Strip, surpassed after only 11 days by Treasure Island, and featured the world's largest atrium, which has since been surpassed.
The hotel's pyramid is similar in size to the Red Pyramid and Bent Pyramid of Egypt. The resort was financed by "petty cash" earned from other Circus Circus Enterprises properties and did not include any outside financial investors. When it opened, the pyramid, which cost $375 million to build, was the tallest building on the strip and contained 2,526 rooms and a 100,000 sq ft (9,300 m 2) casino. on October 15, 1993, to a crowd of 10,000 people. All three resorts had a family oriented focus. The Luxor would compete against two other upcoming resorts, MGM Grand and Treasure Island. The pyramid was topped off on July 9, 1993. Standing 30 stories high, the pyramid was one of the largest metal-and-glass projects ever. Waltek, a Cincinnati-based company, provided the metal-and-glass exterior for the pyramid. Veldon Simpson was the architect, and Perini Building Company was the general contractor. Groundbreaking took place on April 21, 1992, with the project by then known as "Luxor", after the Egyptian city of the same name. Known temporarily as "Project X", the pyramid-shaped resort would cost $290 million, and would be built on the Las Vegas Strip, on land located south of the company's Excalibur Hotel and Casino. The resort was announced by Circus Circus Enterprises on November 14, 1991.
View of the pyramid also showing the east ziggurat tower Construction and opening The hotel is named for the city of Luxor (ancient Thebes) in Egypt. The hotel's rooms line the interior walls of the main tower, which has a pyramid shape, and the 22-story twin ziggurat towers. Later renovation work modernized the design of the property and raised the hotel's capacity to 4,407 rooms, including 442 suites. The casino opened in 1993 and was renovated and expanded several times. The hotel is owned and operated by MGM Resorts International and has a 120,000-square-foot (11,000 m 2) casino with over 2,000 slot machines and 87 table games. Luxor Las Vegas is a 30-story hotel and casino situated on the southern end of the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada.
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