Hard Rock Hotel, Lasvegas
The Hard Rock Hotel is perfectly located 2 blocks from the famous Las Vegas strip. Upon arrival, you’ll be electrified by the strip and by the Rock ‘n Roll theme of this exciting hotel. Renowned for their pool parties and headliner performances at The Joint, the Hard Rock Hotel also features some of the world’s finest restaurants.Independently owned and not affiliated with Hard Rock Cafes or other Hard Rock hotels, the resort is casual to the point that office staffers are required to wear jeans, and is coolly contemporary rather than grungy. Guests enter under a 90-foot neon guitar and find a hotel chockablock with rock-’n'-roll memorabilia, including some 600 costumes, guitars, and concert posters. A three-acre jungle garden includes two sand-beach lagoon pools (open seasonally) connected by a channel, a spiral-tunnel water slide, a grotto bar, and four roomy spas. A wood gazebo contains blackjack and craps tables, and there are also three swim-up blackjack tables. For-rent, thatch-roof cabanas come with television, phone, and ceiling fan. Rock plays continuously.
Arguably one of the hippest joints in town, the Hard Rock Hotel houses some of Vegas’ hottest entertainment, restaurants and nightspots. It’s all about the music. And the world’s first “rock ‘n’ roll hotel and casino” knows it. From light fixtures created out of drum cymbals and Fender guitar-shaped door handles to the leather-and-steel walls of the parking garage elevator, every aspect of the Hard Rock worships at the altar of rock. Forget Monet, Van Gogh and Picasso, the artwork decorating the Hard Rock leans more toward painted leather, denim suits and feathered boas.
Hotel
The guest rooms are spacious and well decorated with striking, marble bathrooms and French doors that open up to magnificent views of the pool area, “The Strip” or the surrounding mountain ranges. As with the rest of the hotel, the décor of the rooms has a musical motif. The Hard Rock has an extravagant pool area, with a sand beach, two large swimming pools, waterfalls, whirlpools and blackjack tables on nearly five tropically landscaped acres. Having been described as a beautiful pool for beautiful people, the pool at the Hard Rock is probably the only one anywhere with an underwater sound system. For relaxation beyond the pool, there is a spa with a complete fitness center at the Hard Rock.
The Casino
Slots have guitar-neck handles, blackjack layouts are customized with rock-related art, craps tables are adorned with Grateful Dead lyrics, and the rock music plays nonstop. The machines not only look good, but the player’s club is surprisingly generous with bonus programs that are more like a locals-oriented casino than a tourist trap. There’s a fun pickup bar in the middle that’s designed for eyeballing the miniskirts walking by. Though you have to look for the tables with the best rules, it’s usually a lively place to play, and the young and good-looking dealers often have as much fun as the players.
Music enthusiasts will enjoy all of the rock memorabilia proudly displayed throughout the resort: artifacts, clothing, and instruments used by Elvis, Nirvana, KISS, Aerosmith, and several other rock superstars. Guestrooms include plasma TVs, Bose Wave radios with CD player, high-speed Internet access, first run movies on-demand, French doors, safes, bathrobes, 310-thread count linens, and feather pillows and blankets.
The main gaming area of the Hard Rock Casino Las Vegas has more than 600 slot machines and multiple gaming tables, including craps, blackjack, pai gow and roulette. In the main gaming lounge, guests will find that if you stay long enough in one place, a cocktail waitress will find you and offer you a free drink. As with most casinos on the Strip, drinks are free for gamblers at the Hard Rock Hotel Casino. The Hard Rock Casino also has a Race and Sports Book. At any one time, the casino can provide live feeds of more than 40 racetracks and games on its multiple plasma and high definition screens.
Amenities offered
The pool area is unlike any other featuring different levels, views, even sandy beaches with youthful patrons and cabanas that emphasize the experience rather than the Las Vegas heat. It’s a great place to catch some sun or a catnap between the scenes of that long weekend stay. The Hard Rock also hosts a number of big name performers.
