<P> The hotel has 30 stories . After the 2008--2009 renovation work, the hotel now has a modernized design and contains a total of 4,407 rooms (including 442 suites). The hotel's rooms line the interior walls of the main tower, which has a pyramid shape, and other recent 22 - story twin ziggurat towers . </P> <P> The hotel is named after the city of Luxor (ancient Thebes) in Egypt . Luxor is the sixth - largest hotel in Las Vegas and the ninth - largest in the world . </P> <P> As of 2010, the Luxor was designated as a 4 Key rating from the Green Key Eco-Rating Program, which evaluates what is known as "sustainable hotel operations". </P> <P> Ground was broken for the Luxor in March 1992 and the resort officially opened at 4 AM on October 13, 1993, to a crowd of 10,000 people . When it opened, the pyramid, which cost $375 million to build, was the tallest building on the strip and contained 2,526 rooms and a 100,000 sq ft (9,300 m) casino . The resort was financed by "petty cash" earned from other Circus Circus Enterprises properties and did not include any outside financial investors . The hotel's pyramid is similar in size to the Red Pyramid and Bent Pyramid of Egypt . </P>

Is the luxor the same size as the great pyramid