GUITAR HOTEL UPDATE
GUITAR HOTEL PLUS

The casino will double in size, too, and the Seminole tribe is adding meeting space and 60,000 square feet of new retail and restaurants. In March, the 5,500-seat onsite theater will be demolished and replaced by Hard Rock Live, a 7,000-seat, $100 million venue. The hotel opening is slated for summer 2019, but the complexвЂ™s revamp goes way beyond its signature structure. Lauderdale and a drummer in the British metal band Iron Maiden. вЂњTo do thisвЂ¦to have a guitar-shaped hotel-the only thing IвЂ™m a little concerned with is itвЂ™s not a drum!вЂќ joked Nicko McBrain, a resident of nearby Ft.

GUITAR HOTEL UPDATE

The ArchitectвЂ™s Newspaper (AN) has reached out to Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood for more details on the buildingвЂ™s design and construction, and will update readers as more information becomes available.ДЇootage from the October 25 event showed workers atop the first few swishy floors. In 1996, architect Glenn Williams designed a Guitar House for himself in Venice, California that was inspired by PicassoвЂ™s cubist rendering of the instrument. Hard Rock International plans to 'build an iconic guitar-shaped hotel' on The Mirage site, according to a press release. Though it might be the largest guitar building, it might not be the first. вЂњSo itвЂ™s not just an exterior facade, the curving of the building will be identical to an authentic guitar.вЂќ вЂњIt will be the first building in the world thatвЂ™s truly to scale designed as an authentic guitar,вЂќ James вЂJimвЂ™ Allen, Seminole gaming CEO and chairman of Hard Rock International, told the Sun Sentinal. Vertical fins up the towerвЂ™s midline resemble strings, while horizontal banding act as вЂfretsвЂ™ (though unlike real frets they extend outward to mimic the curve of the instrument). Guitars are a popular motif all over the Hard Rock hotel and restaurant empire, but this is the first of the companyвЂ™s buildings to so closely resemble the actual instrument. Right now, the existing Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood hotel has almost 500 rooms, as well as a casino, meeting space, restaurants, and a lagoon pool. At the towerвЂ™s base, guests can swim underneath waterfalls in plunge pools, relax in private cabanas, and partake in water sports in a giant artificial lake.

GUITAR HOTEL PLUS

The 450-foot-tall hotel will boast more than 600 rooms, around half of the complexвЂ™s total, plus a 41,000-square-foot spa and a few restaurants.

Hoteliers and musicians smashed guitars in Hollywood, Florida to celebrate a construction milestone at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, a $1.5 billion entertainment complex featuring a mega guitar-shaped hotel. This article was originally published by The Architect's Newspaper as ' RockinвЂ™ guitar-shaped Florida hotel celebrates construction milestone.'

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