Las Vegas’ Hard Rock Hotel will close for several months beginning the end of this year or early in 2020 while it completes its $150 million transition to Virgin Hotel Las Vegas
J.C. Hospitality, head of the resort’s consortium of new owners, said it expects the renovation and remodeling to begin in late summer or early fall of this year and take around eight months to complete, meaning the Virgin’s debut is expected sometime in the first half of next year.
The work will be undertaken in phases and will include all 1,500 guest rooms, the casino floor, the food and beverage offering and the five-acre pool deck. Additions will include an ultra lounge, expanded conference and events space and a modernization of The Joint showroom and concert hall.
The hotel will shut down over the final four months of the process, the company said.
The resort’s 2,000 employees are being encouraged to stay on through the changeover with promises that they’ll be compensated during the closing and their jobs will be waiting for them with no need to reapply.
“When we acquired the company, we committed that we would provide a level of financial assistance to our team members during this disruption period,” said Richard Bosworth, J.C. Hospitality’s president and CEO.
