Q:
On a recent stay at The D, the wife punched the automated floor buttons for the elevator to the rooms. When we went to get on, my mouth dropped open and a weird look came across my face (according to the wife) when the elevator registered the 13th floor. Of course, we didn't get on! After asking a few employees about this, we determined that there had been a new elevator installed a few days earlier, and apparently the installers didn't program the 13th out of the roster. My QOD is "Are there any buildings in Vegas that have a thirteenth floor?”
A:
Quite a few, actually. We polled 40 hotels in Las Vegas and found more than we expected with a 13th floor.
A Caesars Entertainment reservationist told us that all their hotels (except for the stubby little but thoroughly lovable Cromwell) have 13th floors, but if you find yourself booked onto one and want to change, they’ll gladly accommodate your request. MGM Resorts International, the other big dog on the Strip, has a mixed litter. MGM Grand, Excalibur, and Luxor all have 13th floors, as do new Park MGM as well as The Mirage and Circus Circus. Aria, Mandalay Bay, Delano and Vdara don’t.
Others in the “yes” category include Downtown Grand, Eastside Cannery, Golden Nugget, and Hilton Grand Vacation Suites Flamingo. The Orleans and Westgate Las Vegas also said “yes” to the 13th-floor question.
That still leaves you with plenty of options — the majority of Las Vegas, in fact. Prominent bows to superstition came from Wynn Las Vegas/Encore and Venetian/Palazzo, along with Treasure Island, the Tropicana, and Trump International. Downtown’s leading abstentions included Main Street Station and the Fremont. It would be tedious to enumerateallthe hotels that eschew a 13th floor, but you can be assured if you don’t see their name here, they don’t have one.
Succumbing to superstition doesn’t always pay off for casino owners. Take the case of the inaptly named Lucky Dragon. The hotel for this north Strip casino (kitty-cornered from SLS Las Vegas) has a hotel too small for a 13th floor, but it banished any appearance of the number 4 from the property. Why? Because the numeral resembles the Chinese character for death. However, the number 8 is considered propitious in Asian cultures and was in plentiful supply. Lots of 8s didn’t spell good fortune for the Lucky Dragon, which closed after a few months and is currently languishing in bankruptcy court.
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FAQs
MGM Grand, Excalibur, and Luxor all have 13th floors, as do new Park MGM as well as The Mirage and Circus Circus. Aria, Mandalay Bay, Delano and Vdara don't. Others in the “yes” category include Downtown Grand, Eastside Cannery, Golden Nugget, and Hilton Grand Vacation Suites Flamingo.
Do some hotels skip the 13th floor? ›
The number is so feared that many hospitals and airports avoid using it for rooms and gates and couples don't get married on the 13th of the month. According to Otis Elevator Company, around 85% of elevator panels omit the number 13. What's more, entire hotels are built without a 13th floor.
Is there any hotel with a 13th floor? ›
One such example is the Radisson Hotel in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where the 13th floor is called the pool floor. Another example is the Sheraton on the Falls in Niagara Falls, Ontario, where the 13th floor consists solely of a restaurant.
What buildings don't have a 13th floor? ›
Famous US Buildings without a 13th Floor
- Hotel Burnham (Chicago) - while the 13th floor is still used as a residential floor, the hotel has skipped the number 13 in its floor plans.
- Trump Tower (Chicago) - the 13th floor is designated as a mezzanine level.
- The Essex House (NYC) - This hotel also skips the number 13.
Other examples of this floor-count massaging include the Wynn, which skips the 13th floor and the 40s, plus floors 1 through 4, so the first floor is the 5th and although the top floor is the 60th, in reality it's only the 45th. Encore follows the same pattern as its sister property.
Do Hilton hotels have a 13th floor? ›
Some famous buildings buck the trend, however: New York City's Flatiron Building, Empire State Building, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, and all Hilton International hotels all have 13th floors.
Why do some hotels not have a room 13? ›
Simply because the number has negative connotations for some superstitious guests, who might be reluctant to stay on floor 13, or in any room ending in "13". In some hotels the 13th floor is known as 12A, but more often it is omitted.
Do any hotels in Las Vegas have a 13th floor? ›
MGM Grand, Excalibur, and Luxor all have 13th floors, as do new Park MGM as well as The Mirage and Circus Circus. Aria, Mandalay Bay, Delano and Vdara don't. Others in the “yes” category include Downtown Grand, Eastside Cannery, Golden Nugget, and Hilton Grand Vacation Suites Flamingo.
Does Excalibur hotel have a 13th floor? ›
Pool view from 13th floor room - Picture of Excalibur Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas - Tripadvisor.
Does the MGM have a 13th floor? ›
The room was extremely clean and spacious. We were on the 13th floor and had a view of City Center and NYNY across the street.
While the real estate industry has omitted the 13th floor for years for both superstitious and economic reasons — hotel travelers and condo buyers often eschew 13th-level units, lowering their value — the practice has received pushback from municipalities.
How many 13th floor locations are there? ›
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Why is 13 considered a bad number? ›
The number 13 may be associated with some famous but undesirable dinner guests. In Norse mythology, the god Loki was 13th to arrive at a feast in Valhalla, where he tricked another attendee into killing the god Baldur. In Christianity, Judas — the apostle who betrayed Jesus — was the 13th guest at the Last Supper.
Does Luxor have a 13th floor? ›
Photo: View from 13th floor
It was clean and the rooms were great! The Pyramid cafe was lovely and the buffet breakfast downstairs was fabulous!
Does the Bellagio have a 13th floor? ›
There is no 13th Floor at the Bellagio!
Why is there no 40th floor at the Wynn? ›
The hotel was designed with Chinese culture in mind—four is considered an unlucky number, so you won't find a fourth floor or floors 40 through 49 in Wynn Las Vegas or its connected sister hotel Encore.
Why do hotels skip the 14th floor? ›
Hotels in cities big and small have seemingly picked up on a longtime superstition. They'll skip over the not-so-lucky number 13 and go straight from floor 12 to floor 14. There's a word for why that is: Triskaidekaphobia!
Why do apartment buildings skip the 13th floor? ›
Many older buildings don't have a 13th floor because of superstition. Since many people consider the number unlucky, they won't want to live or work on the 13th floor, and landlords and developers will often skip the floor as they know it will be harder to sell and rent apartments on the floor.
Why is there no room 13 in hospitals? ›
Superstition. Most buildings omit the 13th floor too. The number 13 speaks of horror and fright, such as Friday the 13th.
Does Burj Khalifa have a 13th floor? ›
Burj Khalifa has 163 floors, so it definately has a 13th.
