The shape of the bottom of an electric guitar is now clearly recognizable as construction of the future Hard Rock’s Guitar Hotel rises above the Las Vegas Strip. Hard Rock International’s Guitar Hotel, which will eventually include 36 stories, strikes a defiant chord of optimism against the tourism downturn affecting surrounding Las Vegas Strip properties. (Image: Shawn Coomer/Miles to Memories Vegas) This week, workers could be seen installing window panes on the structure, which is steadily climbing toward its planned 660-foot height from a foundation poured where the Mirage’s legendary volcano once fake-erupted. The Guitar Hotel Las Vegas, the centerpiece of the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s ambitious rebrand of the former Mirage into the second Las Vegas Hard Rock casino hotel, will boast 675 hotel rooms. (Image: Hard Rock International) The giant guitar strikes a defiant chord of optimism against the economic strife afflicting neighboring properties. With Strip visitation plunging 8% year-over-year in Q2 2025, several expansions and renovations have…Read MoreCategory: Casino News, Commercial Gaming, Las Vegas, construction, guitar, guitar hotel, Hard Rock, Las Vegas Strip, Mirage, updateSource: Casino.org