Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
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| Number of rooms | 646 | |
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| Theme | Rock & Roll | |
| Gaming space | 30,000ft² (3,000m²) | |
| Permanent show(s) | ||
| Signature attraction(s) | The Joint Body English |
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| Notable restaurant(s) | NOBU Pink Taco A.J.'s Steakhouse |
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| Owner | Peter Morton | |
| Date opened | 1995 | |
| Casino type | Land-Based | |
| Major renovation(s) | 2001 | |
| Previous name(s) | none | |
| Casino website | Hard Rock Hotel | |
The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is a hotel-casino located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The property has a 650 room hotel and 30,000ft² (3,000m²) casino.
The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is an expansion of the Hard Rock Cafe franchise.
It is known for its youthful appeal, elaborate swimming pool area, and exclusive nightclub Body English. Along with the The Palms (another off-strip resort) the Hard Rock both appeals to the 21 to 30 crowd and those who enjoy the Neo Retro feel of Las Vegas.
The Hard Rock Cafe (which sits on an adjacent land parcel to the hotel) was featured prominently in the 1992 Disney movie Honey, I Blew Up the Kid. The "blown-up" toddler in question grows to giant size and plays with the cafe's huge Fender Stratocaster guitar before wrecking it. The hotel itself was featured in the film Con Air with Nicholas Cage- the fugitive plane crashes through the hotel's prominent Stratocaster guitar.
The hotel is featured prominently on the episode "Vegas Baby, Vegas" of the HBO series Entourage
[edit] History
The hotel was opened in 1995 by Peter Morton, a co-founder of the Hard Rock Cafe franchise.
On April 6, 2006, professional skateboarder Danny Way acid-dropped off the guitar on the cafe into a quarter pipe setting a world record.
On May 11, 2006, Morton agreed to sell the property to Morgans Hotel Group for $770 million. The sale and transfer of ownership is expected to be completed by early 2007.
[edit] See also
- Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida
- Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino[1], Tampa, Florida
- Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Biloxi, Mississippi (The scheduled September 2005 opening was delayed indefinitely as a result of damage from Hurricane Katrina)
- Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, London
- Hard Rock Hotel Chicago[2]
