The Luxor

Is Luxor Hotel On Las Vegas Tram Route

A question that is often asked by people considering a stay at the Luxor due to it's end of Strip location: Is Luxor hotel on Las Vegas tram route?      

Well the answer is yes and no.  The Luxor is the middle stop for the Mandalay Bay - Excalibur tram which runs every 5 mins 24hrs a day. This is not the Las Vegas Monorail. However if you take this tram to the Excalibur you are only a short distance away from the MGM Grand where you will find the southern most stop of the Las Vegas Monorail.

The Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas, was one of the resort city's first fully-themed mega resorts. Ground was broken for the Luxor in 1991, the same year that construction began on the Treasure Island and the current MGM Grand. It has an Ancient Egyptian motif and contains a total of 4,407 rooms lining the interior walls of a hollow pyramid and contained within two twin ziggurat towers. It opened on October 15, 1993.

It is located on the southern end of the Las Vegas Strip and is arguably among the most recognizable hotels on the strip because of its striking design. Designed by renowned hotel architect Veldon Simpson, the main portion of the hotel is a 350-foot-high (106 meters), 30-story pyramid of black glass (in comparison, the Great Pyramid of Giza tops out at 450 ft, or 137 m). The hotel is marked by a large obelisk with the name of the property in lighted letters, while the porte-cochere travels underneath a massive recreation of the Great Sphinx of Giza.

The tip of the pyramid contains a fixed-position spotlight that points directly upward – it is the brightest beam in the world, and is visible from anywhere in the Las Vegas valley at night, and can be seen at flight level from  over 275 miles (440 km) away. The beam' s output is rated at 41.5 billion candlepower.

The guest rooms are situated on the outer walls of the pyramid and are reached by riding in so-called "inclinators" that travel along the inner surface of the pyramid at a 39-degree angle. Open hallways leading to the rooms overlook the atrium, which is the largest in the world at 29 million cubic feet (820,000 m³).

Recent Reviews

"This place indeed is highly over rated. Their slot machines are tighter then Fort Knox and their buffet absolutely sucks! And yes, to get to your room takes a hike. They should have check in counters at each end of the casino so people staying in the west tower don't have to walk a mile."

A.Peters

"If you are staying in the west tower, stage all of your luggage somewhere as soon as you enter the casino from the parking area and have someone in your party watch it. That way you won't have to drag it one half a mile to the front desk and then one half a mile back to the west tower. You'd think they would have put the front desk in the west side close to the parking lots/garage, but Einstein was not consulted beforehand."

G.Mitchel

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