The Hard Rock Cafe Las Vegas

Basically a glorified coffee shop, the Hard Rock Café Las Vegas is known for the rock memorabilia on all the walls. Located next to the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, the atmosphere at the Hard Rock Café is very casual and relaxed. The cuisine is American, and prices are $15 or less. This is a chain restaurant, and looks like any other Hard Rock Café in any other city. Easy to find, because of an 84-foot guitar at the front of the building, the Hard Rock offers an Elvis wall, the “Tower of Power” with many LCD monitors, and a guitar display. Food includes quesadillas, Bloody Mary shrimp, huge burgers, and vegetable pasta.

The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino was built in 1995 by Peter Morton, co-founder of the Hard Rock Café franchise. It was expanded in 1999 and in 2007. On May 11, 2006, the Morgans Hotel Group signed agreements to purchase the Hotel and Casino, together with rights to use the Hard Rock name for other territories. They also purchased the Hard Rock Café.

The Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas is known as one of the premier hotels in Las Vegas, especially among younger vacationers. Room prices range from $70 to $250 per night. Children under the age of 13 can stay in their parents’ room. Prices for the hotel’s Las Vegas suites can be very high. Rooms during weekends and holidays have higher rates. Many rooms offer “sweeping views of the street below”.

The Hard Rock Hotel has an enormous casino, with smaller lounges for higher stakes gambling. There are more than 600 slot machines on the floor of the main casino, and hundreds of gaming tables. The Peacock Lounge offers a quiet night of high stakes gambling. The Lounge offers leather seats, as well as triple digit tables. The high stakes room for slot machine gambling is the Fender Room. You can also have fun gambling in the main casino area. Table games include blackjack, roulette and poker.

There are many bars and restaurants within the hotel. The swimming area is divided into two pools, each with a different theme. Enjoy a day on a simulated beach at the Beach Club, or walk to the Palapa. This pool bar offers swim-up blackjack tables for guests who would like to gamble while they relax in the pool.

Located on Paradise Road in Las Vegas, some well-known restaurants are NOBU, A.J.’s Steakhouse, Mr. Lucky’s, and Pink Taco. Features of the property include a hotel tower, a 30,000 square-foot casino, three cocktail lounges, retail stores, a spa, and “The Joint”, a music venue. The hotel also contains over 60,000 square feet of meeting space, and over 130,000 square feet of special event space. Amenities offered in the rooms include TV with pay movies and high-speed internet access, available for a fee. There’s a parking garage attached to the hotel, which is free to guests who self-park. Valet service is also available to guests for a fee.

The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino is planning to expand again in 2009. This multi-phase project will bring in several new restaurants and bars, a nightclub, a spa and health club, and Wasted Space, a rock club. The expansion will also increase capacity at the pool, which will have new features, including a topless-bathing section. The hotel was featured in the film Con Air, and was also featured in other movies and television shows. It’s a fun place to visit, and will continue to attract many guests because of its reputation, as well as that of the Hard Rock Café.