Excalibur Hotel

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. As of June 2004, the Mandalay Resort Group was purchased by MGM Mirage adding this hotel to its vast array of properties on the Strip.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In February 2003, the Las Vegas area received over 3 inches of rain. In turn the 18th floor of the Excalibur Hotel was evacuated. The fire alarms were triggered when rain entered the rooms. This is a design flaw of the building. To date this has not been repaired.

Additionally, there is speculation that the Excalibur hotel may be demolished within the next few years.

Attractions
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 (similar to Medieval Times).

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.

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