Excalibur Hotel and Casino
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The Excalibur Hotel/Casino is a hotel and casino located on the Las Vegas Strip at 3850 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada. It is one of the large casinos owned by the Mandalay Resort Group.
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Excalibur, named for the mythical sword of King Arthur, uses the Arthurian theme in several ways. Its facade is a stylized image of a castle, with a wizardlike figure representing Merlin looking out from a high turret. Restaurants and other areas have Arthurian names, such as the Roundtable Buffet, or reflect a broader "ancient Britain" theme, such as the Sherwood Forest Cafe. A long-running show, the "Tournament of Kings," features simulated medieval jousting.
The Tropicana - Las Vegas Boulevard intersection, where the property sits, is very busy, so pedestrians are not allowed to cross at street level. Instead, Excalibur is linked by overhead pedestrian bridges to its neighboring casinos to the north (the New York-New York Hotel & Casino, across Tropicana Avenue) and to the east (the Tropicana Resort & Casino, across the Strip). There is also a free tram that connects Excalibur to its sister Mandalay Resort Group hotel-casinos to the south, the Luxor and Mandalay Bay.
The Excalibur opened on June 19,1990. It was one of many new, modern Las Vegas hotels that featured children's attractions, such as an arcade. Another feature of the Excalibur that is prominent in many of today's Las Vegas hotels is a large family swimming pool.
The Excalibur has never been a big boxing events venue. Since the middle to late 1990s, the Mandalay Resort Group has staged its major boxing events at Mandalay Bay.
The Excalibur hotel also features a wedding chapel.
History
On March 21, 2003 the largest Megabucks Jackpot, as of that time, was hit at the Excalibur. The jackpot was for $39,713,982.25.
External links
- Excalibur Hotel and Casino website (http://www.excalibur.com/index2.php)