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Title: I visited Las Vegas during my spring break it was my very first visit.


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  • I visited Las Vegas during my spring break
    it was my very first visit.
  • I was overwhelmed with everything that I have
    seen. The Luxor is my favorite one!
  • These are the Fun Facts- I have learned about
    Luxor.
  • Gulten Argamak

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- Fun Facts -
LUXOR
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  • The 16 inch line devices that transport guests at
    a 39 degree angle from the casino level to floors
    6 and above are called Inclinators.
  • Hotel room sizes range from 465 square feet to
    4,800 square feet (in Luxors penthouse suites).
  • 553,000 gallons of water fill Luxors beautiful
    pools.

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  • 45 high tech.units (7,000 watts each) compose the
    Xenon light.
  • On a clear night Luxors Xenon light is visible
    up to 250 miles away from an airplane at cruising
    altitude.
  • 10 miles into space one could red a newspaper by
    Luxors light.

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  • Luxor is 7,411 miles away from the Egyptian town
    of Luxor.
  • The word Luxor means the Palaces.
  • All ornamentation and hieroglyphs are authentic
    reproductions of originals, located in such
    sights as the Valley of the Queens near Luxor,
    Egypt.

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  • Our ten story tall Sphinx is taller than the
    original Sphinx, and just like the original, has
    an opening in its left paw.
  • The arcade at Luxor has approximately 220 video
    games.
  • The Luxor is licensed for 2,300 gaming machines
    and 100 table games.

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  • The Luxor IMAX Theatre features movies shot on
    film that are 10 times the size of conventional
    35mm film.
  • The Panasonic Astrovision screen on the
    Attractions level measures 16 feet high by 20
    feet long.
  • Pyramids are the symbol of eternal life and
    believed by the Pharaohs to be the Stairway to
    the Stars.

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  • The Luxor opened October 15th, 1993.
  • The word paper comes from the Egyptian word
    Papyrus.
  • The IMAX Theatre is 68x84 feet big-one of the
    largest in the world.
  • The Luxor pyramid and its surrounding parking its
    sit on approximately 47 acres of land.
  • The Attractions level center Obelisk is a
    reproducton of the Temple of Karnaks Obelisk.

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  • Luxors light made of Xenon is the most powerful
    beam of light in the world- 315,000 watts. The
    light is 40 times the power of a strong
    searchlight and has 40 billion candle power
  • Luxors Architect, Veldon Simpson of Las Vegas,
    also designed the Excalibur, the MGM Grand and
    the Grand Slam Canyon.
  • Luxors construction costs were approximately
    700 million dollars.

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  • Luxor was constructed with in18 months.
  • Six thousand construction workers took part in
    Luxors initial construction.
  • Luxors initial construction included pouring a
    total of 150,000 cubic yards of concrete.
  • The Luxor pyramid is is 36 stories or 350 feet
    tall.

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  • Luxors pyramid square footage totals 2.45
    million
  • There are approximately 4,455 rooms, including 54
    suites (1,2,3 bedrooms), 236 jacuzzi suites, 2
    ambassador suites, 2 penthouse suites, and a
    3,000 square foot presidential suite.
  • It takes a specially designed window washing
    device 64 hours to clean the sides of the pyramid.

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  • Thirteen acres of glass make up the sides of the
    pyramid.
  • The Luxor is the worlds 2nd largest hotel.
  • Each side of the pyramid measures 646 feet.
  • Luxor atrium is the worlds largest, measuring 29
    million cubic feet.
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