Mythologic Palace
by Hanny Heim
Title
Mythologic Palace
Artist
Hanny Heim
Medium
Photograph - Art Photography
Description
Excalibur, the sword of the Arthurian Legend (Artussage) was giving it's name to the Excalibur Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada
The land on which the Excalibur sits was originally the proposed site of the Xanadu Resort envisioned in the 1970s. The 1730 room Asian-tropical themed resort would have been the first mega resort in Las Vegas. The project was never built when the developers could not secure a deal with the county on the sewer infrastructure such a large project would have required.
Circus Circus Enterprises constructed Excalibur which opened on June 19, 1990 as the largest hotel in the world with over 4,000 rooms and covering over 70 acres. As of 2009 it was the fifth-largest hotel (by total number of rooms) in Las Vegas, and the seventh-largest hotel worldwide. MGM Resorts International purchased the property in 2005.
Excalibur was designed in line with the "theme resort" strategy popular among some casino operators during the 1990s which included the traditional Las Vegas gaming experience coupled with family-oriented elements. However, since 2006 most of the medieval themed statues and scenery have been removed as part of a four-year renovation and modernization project. As of 2010, few of the themed wall murals still remained as Excalibur was updated to include more modern and understated elements, including contemporary furniture and flat-screen plasma TVs in 2,000 renovated guest rooms.
On March 21, 2003, Josh Ford of Los Angeles hit the largest Megabucks Jackpot to date of US$39.7 million at Excalibur.
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March 25th, 2016
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