Strip casino resort project gets county approval for new 2K-seat theater

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The new theater will add 178,850 square feet to the Hard Rock development and rise five stories, or 126 feet, according to county planning documents.

Hard Rock Las Vegas received region support Wednesday to physique a caller 2,000-seat theater, adding different unrecorded amusement venue to the $4 cardinal Strip edifice arsenic operation continues toward its planned 2027 opening.

The Clark County Zoning Commission approved the task Wednesday greeting without discussion.

The caller theatre volition adhd 178,850 quadrate feet to the Hard Rock improvement and emergence 5 stories, oregon 126 feet, according to region readying documents. The venue volition beryllium built connected the resort’s westbound broadside betwixt the caller excavation analyzable and the Hard Rock Live arena, which is replacing the erstwhile Love Theater.

Plans telephone for astir 61,000 quadrate feet of auditorium abstraction with seating for astir 2,000 guests. The remaining abstraction volition see pre-function and backstage areas, back-of-house operations and an upper-level method grid for lighting and accumulation equipment. The theatre volition link straight to the resort’s interior promenade, portion a karaoke amusement venue is planned for the 2nd floor.

When the Review-Journal first reported the connection past month, Hard Rock executives said the theatre would supply a much intimate mounting for concerts and different unrecorded entertainment, to spell on with the astir 5,000-seat Hard Rock Live venue.

County readying unit recommended approval, penning that the theatre is compatible with the resort’s wide design, volition activate an underused back-of-house country and complements surrounding edifice uses.

The latest plans summation the wide size of the Hard Rock edifice to astir 4.49 cardinal quadrate feet.

The theatre is 1 of respective plan changes approved for the Hard Rock task since Clark County commissioners signed disconnected connected the redevelopment of the erstwhile Mirage successful 2023. Previous approvals person modified the resort’s excavation complex, accrued the fig of edifice rooms successful the planned Guitar Hotel Las Vegas tower, expanded retail and edifice space, added a sportsbook and incorporated a Tesla Loop station.

Hard Rock Las Vegas and the 660-foot Guitar Hotel are expected to unfastened successful the precocious 2nd fractional of 2027.

When complete, the edifice volition diagnostic astir 3,600 edifice rooms, astir 175,000 quadrate feet of casino space, aggregate pools, 2 spas, 2 unrecorded amusement venues and dozens of restaurants, bars and retail outlets.

Contact David Danzis astatine ddanzis@reviewjournal.com oregon 702-383-0378. Follow @AC2Vegas_Danzis connected X.