Luxor Suicides.....

[Dave Hirsh]

It seems to have been a long time since we've heard about any jumpers in the
Luxor. Did they put in safety nets or what ?

[Greg Perry]

Dave Hirsh wrote:

> It seems to have been a long time since we've heard about any jumpers in the
> Luxor. Did they put in safety nets or what ?

I've lived in Las Vegas since before the Luxor opened and I've never heard
about anybody committing suicide at the Luxor, let alone by jumping. Please
elaborate!

[Adrian Boliston]

Greg Perry <g...@concentric.net> wrote in message
news:39FEB231...@concentric.net...

> I've lived in Las Vegas since before the Luxor opened and I've never
heard
> about anybody committing suicide at the Luxor, let alone by jumping.
Please
> elaborate!

Well it's a long drop.........see http://www.boliston.com/lux.jpg

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[bill...@my-deja.com]

> I've lived in Las Vegas since before the Luxor opened and I've
> never heard about anybody committing suicide at the Luxor, let alone
> by jumping. Please elaborate!

According to the book 'SuperCasino', many people have committed suicide
by leaping from the walkways of the upper floors of the Luxor. Most
of these have been in the middle of the night, causing a minimal
disturbance of casino operations. But one woman did in the middle of
the afternoon and wound up landing near enough to a check in line to
actually splatter the queued guests with her blood.

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[Greg Perry]

Adrian Boliston wrote:

> Greg Perry <g...@concentric.net> wrote in message
> news:39FEB231...@concentric.net...
> > I've lived in Las Vegas since before the Luxor opened and I've never
> heard
> > about anybody committing suicide at the Luxor, let alone by jumping.
> Please
> > elaborate!
>
> Well it's a long drop.........see http://www.boliston.com/lux.jpg

It's also a long drop from the club atop the Rio...doesn't mean anybody has
jumped from there.

[Gerald Roscoe]

In SuperCasino, If I recall correctly ( I just read it and lent it to a
friend) that woman that jumped was a "lady of the night" and was diagnosed
with HIV. Ewwwww scary.
There was also a sad suicide detailed in the book, young man that hung
himself, really sad part was that he was having some good luck at the
tables, had met a woman and they had started a friendship. She was not a
lady of the night according to the book.

The stories regarding the people of Vegas are really interesting and make
the book worthwhile.
A must read for any Vegas fan.

Gerald

[Greg Perry]

Gerald Roscoe wrote:

Haven't read that one yet - sounds like I need to put it on my Christmas
list. Have you, or has anybody, read the book License to Steal (I believe I
have the title right), about the Nevada Gaming Commission?

[SPENCER-4-HIRE]

when i was employed by Luxor there were 2 jumpers---hiv hooker & man
mid-30's.

as far as the other suicides are concerned most were committed by men &
were messy. i.e. man shot himself in the head with a .357 out in front
of HR.

there have also been a few murders that no one wishes to discuss!!!

TOM

[Gerald Roscoe]

oh boy, that sounds like a good read.
I'll try to find that one, thanks for the lead.

gerald

[Adrian Boliston]

<bill...@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8tl45h$hvt$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...

> But one woman did in the middle of
> the afternoon and wound up landing near enough to a check in line to
> actually splatter the queued guests with her blood.

The balconies above the check in are too low surely! To get enough hight
you would need to land near the center of the next floor up (near the
mexican restaurant)!

[Duane Robbins]

Before the remodeling it was possible.

[Greg Perry]

Gerald Roscoe wrote:

I started seeing License to Steal in local bookstores around July
or thereabouts. It's a bit pricey (~ $35) for a book that isn't
exceptionally thick, so I think I'll either wait for the paperback or
get it as a gift. I flipped through it at Borders and it looked very
interesting.

[AnnaS]

This book is $23.88 with no shipping charges at ecampus.com. The book's
author is Jeff Burbank. I've bought books from them a couple time and had
no problems.

[rbai...@gmail.com]

You can actually read, License to Steal at,

http://books.google.com/books?id=AkrSZLf_RF4C&printsec=frontcover&output=html_text

It looks very interesting on the Nevada gaming industry.

[dnev...@gmail.com]

Just happened again today apparently.

[bibian...@gmail.com]

I was there today checked out right before it happened. News made it seem like it was something else but it looked like a suicide to me and all the workers were talking abt it.

[stacyad...@gmail.com]

On Monday, October 30, 2000 at 2:49:16 PM UTC-6, Dave Hirsh wrote:
> It seems to have been a long time since we've heard about any jumpers in the
> Luxor. Did they put in safety nets or what ?

The woman that jumped off the luxor in 1996 was my friend and SHE did not have no fuckin HIV. She walked from my apartment where she lived.She had major depression and alot of things from her childhood that were tearing her apart.so if you people don't know someone's life,dont put false stuff about a person if u dont know what your talking about.she was a beautiful person

[shane...@gmail.com]

I seen the luxor up to date and have been up to the 27th floor its so easy to jump over. No safety nets of any kind. They can easily put up nets like they did at the golden gate bridge to prevent this.

[Reekev P]