Hard Rock Hotel’s guitar tower gets OK, will ‘forever change’ the Vegas Strip skyline

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• The Mirage in Las Vegas is getting rebranded as the Hard Rock Hotel.

• The new design will include a massive, 542-foot guitar — actually, back-to-back guitars —on a hotel tower with 600 rooms and a 48,234-square-foot casino.

• It’s so tall it will have to get a waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration.

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A massive 542-foot guitar – actually, back-to-back guitars – will be much more than a sign in front of the Hard Rock Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.

The resort – currently being rebranded from The Mirage, with construction that will replace the famous volcano – says it’s not a sign at all. It will be a hotel tower with 600 rooms and a 48,234-square-foot casino.