What is Luxor Hotel Vegas?
{{Infobox company | logo = Luxor Las Vegas logo.svg | logo_size = 200px }} '''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 {{convert|120,000|sqft|adj=on}} casino. It has over 2,000 slot machines and 87 table games.<ref name=LuxorPR>{{cite web | url=http://www.luxor.com/press_room/press_room_releases_template.aspx?ID=100| title=Luxor Las Vegas Fact Sheet - press kit |author=MGM Resorts International |year=2010 | work=Luxor.com | access-date=13 November 2014 }}</ref> 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.<ref name=Texas_2003>{{cite journal |last1=Caine |first1=Rachel |year=2003 |title=The Best Game in Town |journal=Texas Monthly |page=73 |url=http://business.highbeam.com/410545/article-1G1-75309601/best-game-town |access-date=13 November 2014 |archive-date=11 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011010048/http://business.highbeam.com/410545/article-1G1-75309601/best-game-town |url-status=dead }}</ref> The hotel is named after the city of [[Luxor]] (ancient [[Thebes (Egypt)|Thebes]]) in [[Egypt]].<ref name=CST_92>{{cite news |title=Luxor casino: 30-story pyramid |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times |date=26 April 1992 |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4107334.html |access-date=13 November 2014 |archive-date=5 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105085312/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4107334.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Luxor is the second largest hotel in Las Vegas. The largest is the [[MGM Grand Las Vegas|MGM Grand]]). It is also the eighth largest in the world.<ref name=FootwearNews>{{cite journal |year=2009 |title=Checking In: The World's 10 Largest Hotels & Resorts |journal= Footwear News |