Hard Rock Hotel and Casino (Atlantic City)

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Atlantic City
Location Atlantic City, New Jersey
Address Albany Avenue and the Boardwalk
Opening date Spring 2014
Theme Rock & Roll
No. of rooms 200 (first phase)
850 (total)
Total gaming space 54,000 sq.ft. (first phase)
100,000 sq.ft. (total)
Notable restaurants Hard Rock Cafe
Cafe Martorano
Casino type Land-Based
Owner Seminole

Hard Rock Atlantic City [1][2] is a potential $460 million resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, opening in Spring 2014. The location of the planned casino is at the Boardwalk and Albany Avenue, near the eastern terminus of U.S. Route 322 and U.S. Route 40, known locally as the Black Horse Pike.

New regulations which require new casino hotel construction to have a minimum of 200 rooms, instead of 500, have advanced the project.[3] The resort will initially open as a boutique hotel and casino with 200 guest rooms and only 54,000 square feet (5,000 m2) of casino space. When the second phase is completed, the resort would include 100,000 square feet (9,300 m2) of gaming space and 850 hotel rooms. Other features would include a beachfront Hard Rock Cafe, other upscale restaurants, bars, a rock-and-roll museum, a spa and beach cabanas.[4]

The casino will start construction by July 15, 2012, as announced by Hard Rock International CEO Jim Allen in November 2011. [5]

References

  1. ^ Deena Beasley (23-Mar-2010). "Hard Rock plans boutique Atlantic City casino". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62N00220100324. 
  2. ^ "Hard Rock considers Atlantic City casino development". Businessweek. 23-Mar-2010. http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-23/hard-rock-considers-atlantic-city-casino-development-pdate1-.html. 
  3. ^ Suzette Parmley (7-Jan-2011). "Hard Rock ready to build smaller Atlantic City casino". The Philadelphia Inquirer. http://articles.philly.com/2011-01-07/business/27015061_1_borgata-hotel-casino-casino-regulations-gambling-market. 
  4. ^ Donald Wittkowski (22-Jun-2011). "Hard Rock wants to use piece of the beach for a cafe with its proposed Atlantic City casino". Press of Atlantic City. http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/hard-rock-wants-to-use-piece-of-the-beach-for/article_c0f300a6-9d43-11e0-a729-001cc4c03286.html. Retrieved 23-Jun-2011. 
  5. ^ http://www.nbc40.net/news/19867/