On This Date: March 10, 1995, The First Hard Rock Hotel Opens in Las Vegas

March 10, 2019
Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas

Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas With its Signature Guitar over the Main Entrance

On March 10, 1995, the The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino opened in Las Vegas. It was the first Hard Rock Hotel to open and was built by Peter Morton, co-founder of the Hard Rock Cafe. It was expanded in 1999, and began another expansion in 2007. Features of the property include the hotel tower, a 30,000-square-foot casino, Tahitian-style beach and swimming pool, a nightclub, six restaurants, three cocktail lounges, several retail stores, a spa, a poker room, and “The Joint”, a music venue. In June 2002 influential rock bassist John Entwistle of The Who died in one of the hotel’s rooms.

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