Apparently having never heard of an obscure organization called the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, and having overlooked that enormous neon guitar just off the Las Vegas Strip, Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner plans to develop a hotel, casino and music venue with a rock & roll theme.
The Rolling Stone Hotel and Casino, scheduled for completion by 2008, will not only compete directly with the more established Hard Rock for guests, gamblers, and music acts…it will also sit right smack in the same neighborhood as its primary competitor.
Now, it’s not that Vegas ain’t big enough for two music-themed casinos. Lord knows, there are plenty of music acts in Vegas–including several that probably couldn’t earn a living anywhere else.
But at least the House of Blues had the good sense to set up shop at Mandalay Bay, at the far end of the strip from the Hard Rock…not just a (rolling) stone’s throw from its nemesis.
