Hard Rock International paid $1.075 billion for operating assets of The Mirage and entered into a long-term lease agreement with VICI Properties Inc., which owns the real estate the casino sits on. The Mirage, opened in 1989 by casino mogul Steve Wynn, was one of the first mega-resorts on the Strip and once boasted iconic tiger-taming magicians Siegfried & Roy as headliners. Hard Rock International Renderings shared by Hard Rock International show the company's plans for a giant, guitar-shaped hotel at the site of The Mirage on the Las Vegas Strip.Īt 600 feet, the guitar-shaped hotel would become one of the tallest buildings on the Las Vegas Strip - as tall as the Aria Resort Casino and 10 feet shorter than the twin Cosmopolitan towers.
