Hard Rock's Guitar Tower Nears Completion on the Strip

The guitar-shaped tower is enclosed in stacked bands of blue glass panels, with exterior sheathing now covering the lower portions as well. Window installation is also underway on the resort's other hotel tower, the former Mirage tri-tower, which is going through a full interior renovation rather than a teardown.

The detail worth watching is the LED string system. Once it is finished, illuminated guitar strings will stretch the full height of the tower, which is likely to make it one of the more recognizable pieces of the nighttime Strip skyline the same way the Sphere's exterior display already is.

The guitar tower itself rises about 660 feet. The lower 100 feet holds the first five floors of the resort, and the remaining 560 feet is stacked with 675 hotel rooms and suites. Across the full property, Hard Rock Las Vegas is planned for roughly 3,600 hotel rooms once both towers are finished, along with nearly 175,000 square feet of gaming space.

The rest of the amenity list reads like a standard modern megaresort: two spas, multiple pools, live entertainment venues, and dozens of restaurants, lounges and retail outlets. Hard Rock has also been adding to that list as construction continues, including plans filed with Clark County this summer for a second, more intimate 2,000 seat theater on the site.

Nothing here is bookable yet. Hard Rock Las Vegas is not taking reservations, and the opening window is still more than a year out. But the guitar tower is visible from the Strip right now, and it is worth knowing what you are looking at if you are walking or driving past the old Mirage site this year.

It is also a property to keep an eye on for entertainment. Hard Rock built its brand on live music, Elton John has already signed on for a hologram residency there, and the new theater filing suggests the company wants multiple stages running from day one. None of that changes a 2026 trip, but it is worth remembering once 2027 gets closer.