The Luxor is, for me as a local, the place you can go to when you want to refuel on a cheap dollar or two cheeseburger and beer (their food court is almost off-strip prices and has a McDonalds) and then to perhaps wander back into the Mandalay Bay or Excalibur. \n\n It's not really a casino that excels at capturing any specific section of my attention -- the rooms I've been in are very much \"Okay\" but aside from a couple papyrus heiroglyphs on the dresser I could be anywhere else on a budget.  The gambling action is far from the walk-in off the Mandalay catwalk and I never really saw any specials that grabbed me.  If you want cheap gambling, you go to the Excalibur.  If you want good food and a lounge, Mandalay.\n\nIt's just kind of there to be a Strip icon and to make you go \"Dang, what a nice inside architecture!\" (and perhaps to say, \"Carrot Top?  You serious, dogg?\")