HEY SCOT ... I WAS THERE ON OPENING DAY ... MY OLD CASINO MANAGER (TOM ROBINSON) WAS THE BOSS AT THE LUXOR ABD GAVE ME THE V.I.P. TREATMENT. .... I REMEMBER HOW EXOTIC AND NEAT THE NILE BOAT RIDE WAS AND THE "INCLINATOR) SIDEWAY ELEVATORS TO THE PYRAMID ROOMS. IN THE BEGGINING THE REFLECTIVE MIRRORED GLASS PANELS ON THE BUILDING WERE SO BRIGHT IT BLINDED THE PLANES AT MC CARREN AIRPORT ... THE PILOTS ALL COMPLAINE TO THE FAA .... SOON AFTER THE HAD TO PUT A DULL FILM OVER THE GLASS TO TONE THEM DOWN ... AT ONE TIME THE LUXOR WITH IT'S 2 NEW TOWERS WAS THE LARGEST HOTEL IN LAS VEGAS .... CAN YOU BELIEVE THEY DORE OUT THE NILE BOAT RIDE AND STACKED THEM ACROSS THE STREET IN A FENCED IN LOT .... I WANTED TO BUY ONE AND CRUISE LAKE MEAD & THE COLORDAO RIVER! ..... GREAT POST ... THANKS RICH