The volcano is on its way to becoming the latest in a long line of Las Vegas relics that were once considered iconic only to be reduced to the archives, like the original marquees of The Sands, the sultan at The Dunes, or the Crystal Room at the Desert Inn, just to name a few. A rendering of what the revamped property would look like shows the new guitar hotel sitting in roughly the same location now occupied by the volcano. The company plans to completely rebrand the property as Hard Rock Las Vegas and create a “brand-new resort” that will include the brand’s signature guitar-shaped hotel. Hard Rock International Chairman Jim Allen told Bloomberg in December that it would be torn down as part of the planned remodel. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal) more than 30 years, the fiery water show has entranced the masses along the Strip, free to anyone who might be passing by.īut the days of The Mirage’s volcano are numbered as the transformative resort undergoes its own transformation as part of Hard Rock international’s $1.075 billion acquisition of the property.
People on the Strip watch the first volcano show since the opening of the The Mirage earlier in the day on Thursday, Aug.