Luxor has been a favorite haunt of mine, averaging two stays a year for the past ten. I agree that the Egyptian routine was wearing a little thin. I just hope they do something more with the spa, besides the recently updated furnature. It really needs a total make-over. Lately, I've been staying at Mandalay and THE Hotel,although I still like to walk over to Luxor for the relatively cheap gaming. I also enjoy the Luxor pool area. Mandalay's pool area is so overrun with families that you have to go out there at 8 a.m. to get a decent spot. Here's hoping the Luxor's new facelift gives the property new life.

Oh great, yet another big Strip hotel casino that will now blanket Las Vegas with ever more trash advertising, in which nude young women (who either look like over-made-up Tijuana hookers or high-class Manhattan penthouse hookers, all of course with huge burbling silicon breasts) will be used to "market" the property. I can only wonder, what dupes are falling for this phoney corporate "exclusivity", where huge bouncers won't let a tourist get anywhere near the oh-so-groovy nightclubs unless you've already called in with a $500 vodka bottle reservation.

The show "Fantasy", is a great show and very tastefully done. The ladies in the show are beautiful and classy, not trashy. Do not mistake the Fantasy show with other "women" shows in Vegas, as it is very different. The Comedian and Impressionist in the show (Sean Cooper), is outstanding and I completely enjoyed it. From what I hear, the Fantasy show sells out almost every night, which tells me one thing, it has to be great!

As for the Luxor and the theme, the hotel is, in my opinion, the most incredible structural design on the strip as it stands right now. So they want to change it, change is good too. I have heard many people say, “How could they change the hotel when it is shaped as a pyramid?” I say very easily! If I was asked what they should do, I would tell them to make it into a MATRIX type theme & Hi-tech, making it very modern. Imagine Lasers shooting down into the middle of the hotel, all connected to one diamond in the center. Lots of Big screen plasmas, lots of robotics/technology, it will surely be the most occupied hotel on the strip and the pyramid shape is perfect! They should open up a location in there where people can pay to compete to see “who can get through the laser security beams and steal the mask”, just like that movie with Catherine Zita-Jones and Sean Connery called “Entrapment”.

A significant amount of I.T companies visit Las Vegas for their conferences and there are also a series of electronic conventions, including the CES show. If this hotel was made Hi-tech, color theme being Black, platinum, glass and crystal, to name a few, I am sure the corporate world tourists would book there.

I think many of the I.T manufactures like, Cisco, NEC, Dell, HP, to name of few would love to get involved in that, not to mention the great marketing they will do for the hotel.
Just my thought

While I agree that plaster faux-Egyptian was always a bit cheesy, I strongly disagree that they should be discarding the Egyptian theme entirely. Despite the sillier aspects, I've always found it a very enchanting and inspiring place, and particularly inside the pyramid. The atmosphere is exotic, and a lot more feels possible than in your typical resort casino. With the slanting terraces of the pyramid so far overhead, it seems like some magically constructed sky, and the air inside is just right to inspire wistfulness. Granted, I haven't been there in several years, but unless things have drastically deteriorated, those same qualities should still apply.

Now, what I would suggest if they want to "glamor" it up a bit would be to replace their ridiculous plaster sphinx with a real one made of polished stone, perhaps with genuine golden metal stripes and lapis lazuli on the headdress. To just get rid of the sphinx entirely would be a crime. Also, I would suggest removing the various other cheap, Hollywood prop-looking elements from the hotel with genuine articles made of stone and metal, and perhaps incorporating the smell of sand into the air circulation (without actually adding any, of course).

But rather than enhancing the sense of enchantment, they seem to want to destroy it entirely and turn it into just another generic "hot spot." Here's what I don't understand: If that's what MGM-Mirage wants, why would they choose Luxor of all places? Why invest in a place defined by creating an exotic experience just to tear it down into a cliched nightclub "scene"? This seems like the work of insufferable philistines, and I wouldn't be surprised if the next change is to paint the pyramid day-glo orange and change its logo to look "fresher." What a bunch of idiots.

They're getting rid of the Sphinx? Okay, as fine as I am with the other changes (it really was disappointing inside --even when I first stepped in side in '93), the Sphinx is an icon.

Above and beyond this particular story of Luxor entertainment - I was VERY, VERY disappointed when I recently found out that the 2 black entertainers (brothers) who sang soul music in the Nefertiti Lounge are no longer at the Luxor. I enjoyed them so much last September; sat through their cocktail lounge show for 2 full nights during my stay. What entertainment - talk about a fantastic free show that took me back to the 60's & 70's Motown/Hitsville era. So talented were they. What a loss to the Luxor - someone there made a bad, bad mi$take. My friends & I won't be taking the time to travel from the Mirage (where we are staying) to go to the Luxor next month when we visit - just for this show - because they are not there! I couldn't remember their name (sorry) so I called the PR office - and do you know what? They didn't have their name handy either although they had performed there for years. Yes - That won't keep us for looking for them wherever they are performing - if only someone out there in cyberspace can help me find out where they are playing? Their names? p.s. The Luxor rooms were dingy and dark; won't stay there again. CRISS ANGEL ROCKS! Yea baby.

I'm glad to see that they plan to update the the hotel. I was just there the last two nights and the place is a dump. I don't care if they change the theme it just needs some TLC so it can be a great resort again.

Well, they've finally succeeded in destroying my favorite hotel & casino in vegas, the Luxor. The
mgm-mirage management is in love with the Brittany Spears" wannabee crowd and seem determined to chase all their FORMER customers away. I have gambled alot at luxor and even went to the grand opening. All my favorite machines are gone, replaced with monstocities from some video arcade. The restaurants look like some tacky strip club. Where do they find these losers who have destroyed the Vegas I knew & loved. I will not be going back, there are plenty of casinos within driving distance (25 mi.) Let's see what these losers think when they're sitting there with no customers and no gambling revenue. By the way their choices in entertainment SUUUUCKS!!!!