News Headlines Hard Rock Las Vegas moves closer to construction of guitar-shaped hotel tower Octo. The Hard Rock brand has been licensed around the world to 250 restaurants and hotels in 74 countries. Today Hard Rock International owns and operates 14 casinos in the U.S., Canada and the Dominican Republic. The Seminole Tribe of Florida acquired the Hard Rock brand in March 2007. That deal will finalize in the first half of 2022. Then in May 2021 the San Manuel Indians from California purchased the Palms Casino Resort. In March 2021 the Mohegan Tribe opened the Mohegan Casino at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. Hard Rock Las Vegas will be the third tribal-operated casino in Las Vegas. Hard Rock is owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The grand opening will be in late 2025 or early 2026. Hard Rock will operate The Mirage through 2023 and then shut it down in 2024 to rebrand, expand, renovate, and build a guitar-shaped hotel tower along the Las Vegas Strip. Hard Rock International bought The Mirage for $1.08 billion. The property will be renamed and rebranded as the 'Hard Rock Las Vegas'. 13, 2021 Hard Rock International announced the purchase of The Mirage Las Vegas Hotel and Casino.

Costs have not been disclosed.In a press release Dec. The Mirage redevelopment plan is projected to run through 2023. It bought licensing and naming rights in May 2020. Seminole-owned Hard Rock International had no previous involvement with the former Hard Rock Hotel & Casino that operated from 1995 to 2020. West of the Strip, an affiliate of the California-based San Manuel Band of Mission Indians owns and operates The Palms. The more than 3,000-room hotel on 80 acres (32 hectares) becomes the first on the Las Vegas Strip to be run by a Native American tribe.Įast of the Strip, the Connecticut-based Mohegan Tribe operates a casino that opened in 2021 at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas after that property - named Hard Rock Hotel & Casino - was purchased in 2018, renovated and rebranded by Virgin. “We’re thrilled to welcome Hard Rock to the neighborhood and wish them all the very best,” Bill Hornbuckle, CEO and president of casino giant MGM Resorts International said in a statement. The deal became official following Nevada Gaming Commission approval at a special meeting Friday. Hard Rock and MGM Resorts announced plans for the operational takeover a year ago. The statement specified there were no immediate plans to close The Mirage or lay off employees. “We are excited to create an integrated resort on the Strip that will make this legendary entertainment community proud,” Allen said.

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