Choosing Luxor over several other hotels, for the annual Consumer Electronics Show that makes up the first week of January, used to make good business sense: clean, comfortable and yet removed from the mass craziness of the mid-Strip locations.
Checking in yesterday for CES 2011, though, I was struck by the guest-mill model: a single bed is an upgrade from two beds; the resort fee covers Internet, but from a cord in a cabinet that stretches nowhere close to a flat, horizontal surface, or a power outlet.
Then there's the threadbare and tired part: after navigating the casino maze to get to the furthest elevator (inclinator in Luxor-speak), the room turned out to have a tiny old-school TV and a bathroom not much bigger than a Howard Johnson's bathroom, circa 1976.
All that could be forgiven, but the grossness of multiple water stains on the drapery, chairs that were losing their stuffing, a toilet that wouldn't flush properly and what looked and smelled like mold in the bathroom and entry area means the hotel is in much worse shape than its 15-year-old age belies.
Bathroom wall
Water stain 1
Water stain 2
Water stain 3
Stuffing falling out of one chair.
It really is too bad, as the fitness center's decent and this used to be a great place.
Management must know it's on its knees, as there are people stationed around the casino offering discounts on one's next stay.
Unless I see a different side of Luxor in the next two days, it's off the list.
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