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Luxor Las Vegas
Hotel and casino in paradis, Nevada
"Luxor Hotel" redirects here. For the New York City hotel, see Luxor Hotel (New York City).
| Luxor Las Vegas | |
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| Location | Paradise, Nevada, U.S. |
| Address | South Las Vegas Boulevard |
| Opening date | October 15, ; 31 years ago(October 15, ) |
| Theme | Ancient Egypt |
| No. of rooms | 4, |
| Total gaming space | 65,sqft (6,m2) |
| Permanent shows | America's Got Talent Presents Superstars Live Blue Man Group Carrot Top Fantasy |
| Signature attractions | Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition Bodies: The Exhibition Discovering King Tut's Tomb |
| Notable restaurants | Backstage Deli Bonanno's Pizzeria Johnny Rockets Nathan's Famous Hotdogs Starbucks The Buffet at Luxor |
| Casino type | Land-based |
| Owner | Vici Properties |
| Operating license holder | MGM Resorts International |
| Renovatedin | –97, –08, |
| Coordinates | 36°5′44″N°10′33″W / °N °W / ; |
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Las Vegas is known around the world for its image of vitality and excitement, but the Excalibur Hotel and Casino found out that living up to the expectation in a brutal desert environment is far from a sure thing.
The Excalibur was one of the first "theme" casinos on The Strip and ushered in a new era of extravagantly designed buildings for Las Vegas after it was completed in Seemingly overnight, massive casinos and hotels sprung up along Las Vegas Boulevard, drawing visitors' attention and increasing the pressure for existing businesses to stand out. Building managers for the Excalibur had been on a schedule of repainting the building's brightly colored castle turrets with polyurethane every three or four years- at a TREMENDOUS cost- in order to keep them vibrant under the intense Nevada sun.
The architects hired for a renovation of the structure began looking for an exterior topcoat that would provide the best possible color and gloss retention, and thus prolong the
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Archon Corporation
Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite
Las Vegas, Nevada
U.S.A.
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Public Company
Incorporated: as Public/Hacienda Resorts, Inc.
Employees:
Sales: $ million ()
Stock Exchanges: Over the Counter
Ticker Symbol: ARHN
NAIC: Casino Hotels; All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries; Offices of Other Holding Companies
Through its chairman and CEO, Paul W. Lowden, the Archon Corporation holds a more than a year stake in Las Vegas casino history. Formerly known as Santa Fe Corporation and Sahara Gaming Corporation, Archon owned and operated the famous Sahara and Hacienda casino hotels. Those properties were sold in to former Circus Circus leader William Bennett, but the company remains active in Nevada's casino industry as owner and operator of the Pioneer Hotel and Gambling Hall, located in Laughlin, Nevada. Archon also owns commercial office buildings in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and Gaithersburg, Maryland, and 27 undeve