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If You Stand By For A Room Upgrade At Hard Rock, You May Be Left Standing

Where: 4455 Paradise Rd [map], 89169
August 31, 2010 at 6:21 PM | by juliana | 4 Comments

Editor's Note: Ok, here's the real deal as to why I am uploading JuliaB's stories. It's not that her flight is delayed and the airport WiFi is on the fritz. No, rather she has taken a Chippendale hostage inside Norm Clarke's house and she is demanding that "Billy" sing and dance to "Baby" by Justin Bieber for the 100th time. She will also not hand him over until someone finds her some powdered chewing gum. LVMPD are hard at work on the negotiations. Until Billy is free, carry on.

A few weeks ago, if you remember correctly, we told you about booking our stay at the Hard Rock and said that they’d tried to persuade us to upgrade over email (called eStandby) before we arrived.

At the time, we said we’d wait till check in, and wondered who on earth would pay a lot to upgrade ahead of time.

Well, now we can report that if you want to upgrade, you’d better do it in advance. When we rocked up (on a Monday night, no less), we were confident of scoring some kind of upgrade – our winning smile and local ID seem to do wonders at most hotels.

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Vegas Strippers To Pull Out Their Poker Face Tonight

Where: 4455 Paradise Road [map], 89169
August 26, 2010 at 10:13 PM | by Mr Pappagiorgio | 0 Comments

The only poker tournament where you may never see a flop.

The Hard Rock's poker room has gone through Detox and will be closing to relocate but that doesn’t mean they aren’t going out without a bang. Tonight, the room will host the strippers of Crazy Horse not I, not II, but Crazy Horse III. And we all know the third time’s the charm right?

Several ladies of the stage and lap will descend upon the Hard Rock tonight at 7pm for their Crazy Horse III Poker Tournament. Where they will actually play cards. Ironically, the setup of the Hard Rock Poker room is such that the liquor is up front and the poker tournaments are in the rear. Now we wonder if they planned it that way with a sly smile just for nights like tonight.

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Essential Oils Are Not Essential To a $125 Massage at the Hard Rock

Where: 4455 Paradise Road [map], 89169
August 18, 2010 at 12:17 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

Pool: pretty, at least

During our stay at the Hard Rock last week, we tried out the new Reliquary Spa which opened with the HRH Tower at the end of last year. In fact, the whole reason we booked a room - $50 with a $50 resort discount – was so that we could try out a massage there.

The spa itself is very nice – the pool area is beautiful, and it was deserted at 9am when we were there (in fact the whole casino was deserted apart from a few hangovers from the night before). The steam room and sauna looked good, the relaxation room was swanky and the place was huge. We liked!

Or rather, we liked until we got into the treatment room and saw four beautiful bottles of essential oils laid out provocatively on the bed, and were told that we were welcome to choose one (one to relax you, one to energise you, one to kill a hangover, etc) – and we’d be billed $20 “for the upgrade”.

If we didn’t shell out for the upgrade, she said, we’d get unscented oil.

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Was Someone Drowning Their Wasted Space Sorrows Yesterday?

Where: 4455 Paradise Road [map], 89169
August 10, 2010 at 11:23 AM | by juliab | 3 Comments

Ah, Hard Rock. Like moths to a flame, like ants to antkiller, such are we drawn to you. Last night, it was because we scored a $50 room with $50 resort credit from their awesome Twitter Tuesday deals.

Anyways, this is what greeted us in the carpark as we arrived last night. If you’re into your brands, we believe it may have been Goose.

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The Hard Rock Already Planning for Life After Wasted Space; Announces Wireless Betting

August 9, 2010 at 5:12 PM | by juliana | 3 Comments

Girls will have to find new places to kiss other girls now that Wasted Space is closing to make way for a new and improved sportsbook, yet The Hard Rock is wasting (heh) no time in tricking this new venue out with the latest in gaming technology.

The new sportsbook isn't set to open until Spring 2011 but Hard Rock has already announced their partnership with Cantor Gaming to provide wireless betting during sport games. This is the same sort of technology that you can already find at the M Resort's sportsbook. [Update: and we forgot to add The Palazzo.]

Even more interestingly, according to Mr. Pappagiorgio, the soon-to shutter poker room may be opening up next to the new sportsbook.

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Not Even Girl on Girl Snogathons Could Save Wasted Space From the Kiss of Death

Where: 4455 Paradise Road [map], 89169
August 9, 2010 at 3:44 PM | by juliab | 1 Comment

Was it the girl on girl snogathons wot killed it? Wasted Space is closing down, a mere two years after it launched. What’s going in its place? A sports book. A bloody sports book!

We’re pretty sad about this one because whatever we might bitch say about the Hard Rock, we did like Wasted Space. Only last month we were watching the Bamboozle Roadshow there. And then there’s the comedy that's only just launched! What will happen to that?

According to the Sun, WS will close at some point before Spring 2011 and acts are booked there until October. We hit up some spies, who told us only that the closure is “a few months away”, so it looks like the actual date is anyone’s guess.

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Celebrate Hump Day's Passing By Replenishing Your Knicker Drawer

Where: 4455 Paradise Road [map], 89169
August 3, 2010 at 4:58 PM | by juliab | 1 Comment

Accessories such as whips may not be included in the offer

This week just gets better and better. Not only is Thursday the opening of Vegas! The Show (no, we’re not among the chosen ones to be invited - sob), but it’s also National Underwear Day (hurray).

What does that mean for you? Well, assuming you’re not a skank Hollywood starlet (or a Britney) who prefers to go au naturel, it means bargains for your knicker drawer, courtesy of lingerie shop Love Jones at the Hard Rock (they of underwear room service fame.

On Thursday, they’re emptying the closets and offering buy one pair, get one free on undies from brands like Hanky Panky, Undrest and Sexy Panties and Naughty Knickers (buyable for the names alone, surely).

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After the Detox Series, the Hard Rock's Poker Lounge Will Dry Up

Where: 4455 Paradise Road [map], 89169
August 3, 2010 at 1:42 PM | by Mr Pappagiorgio | 1 Comment

Billy Bob will be looking for a game elsewhere come September.

Two years ago, the Hard Rock spent millions to create a poker room so cool that it had to be called a “Poker Lounge”. One source says it cost 10 million, while another claims 30. In either case, the 18 room table debuted in August 2008 looking to redefine poker rooms with perks like a full bar, iPod chargers at the tables, and a rock n’ roll party atmosphere.

But apparently all the sexy millions didn’t translate to as much player traffic as hoped since the casino recently announced the room will close and move to a smaller area.

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The Weekend's Reason For Living: National Tequila Day

July 23, 2010 at 12:45 PM | by Mr Pappagiorgio | 0 Comments

The tequilas at Dos Caminos await. ¡Ándale! ¡Ándale! ¡Arriba! ¡Arriba!

National Tequila Day is tomorrow, July 24. A day for enjoying the finer points of tequila. For sippin’ a drink and feelin’ fine. This splendid holiday falls on a Saturday this year, meaning most of us will have all day to partake in the celebration of the spirit. Or just have a reason to get completely plastered and place the blame for that splitting headache come Sunday.

Here are some of our top spots to celebrate your new found tequila fetish:

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LA Comedy Club Has a Crafty Way of Excluding the Douchebags

Where: 4455 Paradise Rd [map], 89169
July 21, 2010 at 11:51 AM | by juliab | 0 Comments

We did wonder. When we popped by the LA Comedy Club at the Hard Rock a couple of weeks back, we noticed that the clientele was not what we’d normally expect from the Hard Rock. Was it because the usual suspects were too busy discarding their Ed Hardy underwear by the pool or off on the Strip in search of a new fedora?

Or was it maybe that they were put off by the dress code? Because it was only this week that we noticed there’s a notice saying "No flip flops or sleeveless shirts".

Random, no? No. We checked it out with the comedy peeps, who told us that it’s in place “primarily because of Rehab on Sundays”.

100 per cent excellent idea. Weed out the buffoons! See you Sunday.

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Hard Rock Wants You to Stand By For a Better Room

Where: 4455 Paradise Rd [map], 89169
July 13, 2010 at 2:01 PM | by juliab | 0 Comments

We’re always up for a nice upgrade here at VegasChatter, but normally we like to get them as a nice surprise at check in, not pay for them several weeks in advance. But it seems like that’s what the Hard Rock wants us to do.

We recently saw a good Twitter deal for the hotel, booked a room there and thought nothing more of it (apart from wondering why the hell we’d just booked a room at the Hard Rock). Until a couple of days later, we got an email from the hotel telling us about their eStandby upgrade system.

According to the email:

As a special offer, you can use the new Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas eStandby Upgrade® Program to potentially upgrade this reservation to one of the following premium rooms for as little as $39 extra per night.

Yes, for $39 we could upgrade our standard room to a pool view king. For $49 we could get a corner king. For $109, a supreme pool king.

The upgrade wouldn’t be guaranteed – but if there was availability at check in, you’d get it, and you’d be billed accordingly.

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Where to Find the (Intentional) Comedy at the Hard Rock

Where: 4455 Paradise Rd [map], 89169
June 28, 2010 at 5:01 PM | by juliab | 2 Comments

Until last night, we were under the impression that comedy at the Hard Rock was confined to the trout pouts on display in the casino and the pool-humping at Rehab. You too? Well think again. There is real, intentional comedy at the Hard Rock, it started last week, and it’s happening every weekend at Wasted Space.

It’s called the LA Comedy Club, and although it’s technically nothing to do with LA – the only other branch is in (don’t judge) the Four Queens downtown – the idea is that it’s an “LA-style comedy club”. Which, in layman’s terms, means no silly improvisation (we’ll go to Chicago for that, thanks), no family-orientated weak stuff and no lazy hey-this-is-Vegas-so-let’s-just-make-blowjob-jokes-for-an-hour-woohoo “adult comedy” either.

Instead, as we found out last night, it’s all about proper comedians – both breaking out, and more established, but mostly with some kind of TV/movie link. So last week they kicked off with Jimmy Shubert and this weekend was the turn of fittie Ahmed Ahmed who’s been in Iron Man, done the rounds of the TV shows, won the Richard Pryor award at the Edinburgh Festival, but most importantly was 100% brillz. As was his warm up, Peter Berman.

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