Hard Rock tells Channel 13 that a timeline for construction is scheduled to be released in late 2023. 7 story headlined Hard Rock reveals plans to close The Mirage, gut and expand property, which served as the catalyst for the memo. Virgin Hotels Las Vegas opened on March 25, 2021. The Hard Rock closed on February 3, 2020, for renovations. New renderings indicate that the resort will also have a theater with nearly 3,000 seats, new restaurants, shops, and pools. The Las Vegas Review-Journal published a Dec. Virgin Hotels and a group of investors purchased the Hard Rock in 2018 and announced plans to renovate and rebrand it as a Virgin hotel. In December 2022, executives presented plans to build the 600-room guitar tower and proposed renovations to every part of the property, including the existing hotel of 3,044 rooms. told Channel 13, 'I think that looks really cool and I think a lot of people will really love that!'ĭiscussions on the drastic change to the Las Vegas skyline came back in 2021 when Hard Rock International purchased the Mirage for $1.075 billion.
'For it to be turned down and to have a Hard Rock, nothing on the Hard Rock, but it’s a little bit of Vegas Strip’s history that I think is being demolished.' 'It’s our history,' said Tamara Watson, a 26-year resident of Las Vegas. Are you ready to see the transform into the Hard Rock Hotel?- KTNV 13 Action News March 19, 2023
