1993 - The Making Of Luxor Las Vegas Documentary

My first trip to Vegas was in 1994 at 15 years old. Luxor in the mid-90’s was fantastic. Now, it’s a budget hotel...

I've lived in Vegas since '92. Used to go to the Luxor with my friends and go on the theater rides. As someone who's interested in ancient Egypt, I really liked the Tutankhamen museum they had. When they re-did the interior and built the two towers, I was on the crew that tore out the Nile River ride. I drove a Bobcat with a breaker on the front and hammered out the concrete. Made me sad tearing that out.

Crazy how most of this technology is obsolete now.

Just think all the hard work these people put into this hotel/casino and most of it has been removed or is simply turned off....so sad

Wow this makes me feel like I'm in 2nd grade on a movie day. Major throwback feels.

My father Leonard Baca R.I.P, March 1957 to January 2021. Was one of the formen in charge of the concrete work at the Luxor and this documentary does not mention when a few floors collapsed while they were pouring concrete. I remember my father telling me about it when I was a kid.

It's amazing how historically accurate the structure is. It's also amazing that ancient Egypt smelled of old lady cigarettes and desperation.

MGM worked very hard to de-theme Luxor, Excalibur and MGM Grand. They removed every unique, exciting, cool and fun thing that they could. They recently removed Merlin from Excalibur (he was sparkling and visible from everywhere outside) and just left a black hole where he used to be. MGM with their endless greed, resort fees, stingy -not-really-comps, paid parking, $40+ low quality, laughably bad buffets - has literally sucked all the fun and value out of the entire city. They ran Circus Circus like a toilet. Sewage leaks, ratty old carpet with huge rips and holes throughout the casino, the smell of wet garbage and ZERO attention paid to maintaining anything... MGM is a cancer on Las Vegas.

I was there thanksgiving week 1994, that place was so awesome. Driving in from LA it was fun seeing the light from before state line. The cocktail waitresses had Egyptian Togo type outfits and their arcade and 3D movies were so much fun. I like the themed resorts and buildings, they make the skyline look unique, the new places don’t have anything cool looking anymore. Last cool thing was the fountains at Bellagio. Mirage has a volcano, mgm the giant lion, Paris an Eiffel Tower etc... now they are all just high rises that look like a building from any major city in the world. Losing its uniqueness.

I was an engineering student at UNLV and got to tour this structure multiple times as it was being constructed. Exciting times!

that typical 90's documentary music in the background... hah!

This video had very little to do with the construction of the Luxor this was more behind the scenes of the computerized entertainment attractions. Somebody fix the title

Great video... My family and I went there in early 1994 when I was 11 and it was truly magical. As a kid I loved ancient Egypt and it was so amazing to experience this. My wife and I went back to Vegas a couple of years ago and it was sad to see what the Luxor had become. Far fewer artifacts, displays, no more river ride, no more employees in period-correct dress.. The experience was nearly gone. Dumbed down into just another vaguely themed Vegas casino.

It’s sad knowing that a lot of the folks featured in this footage are no longer here with us.

My brother was the plumbing/mechanical inspector there along with the MGM Grand, he got me in the plumbers union and I worked there till top-off there was a huge party when the four cores (corners) tied in at the top, we threw our plumbing Forman in the moat it was awesome loved working there. Sad to here it's gone downhill. I still have my top-out shirt!

Growing up in Vegas and seeing how it’s changed over the decades has made me glad I got to experience these older times. Luxor definitely isn’t like this anymore. 😕

The Luxor has the Titanic exhibit including a huge part of the Titanic that was recovered from the ocean. I recommend it to anyone who is intetested in the Titanic.

Wtf? It looked cooler back then... now it’s just like any other casino.

As a high rise window cleaner in 2002 I went to the top of the luxor and saw those massive lights. We went through lots of doors and up ladders to get there. It was awesome !

"handling huge amounts of data! Each image is about 90 MB of data!" hahahahahah. Classic 90s.