MB Steak opened in May, and new apparel and sundries stores operated by Hudson Group, covering 14,500 square feet of hotel space, opened last summer. The adult revue “Magic Mike Live” – co-produced by the hotel, Base Entertainment and actor Channing Tatum – premiered last March in the former Body English nightclub space. Under Chief Operating Officer Jody Lake, the hotel has expanded its food-and-beverage, entertainment and retail offerings over the past several months. In 2011, after the economy crashed, lender Brookfield assumed ownership of the financially troubled hotel after it reached a settlement agreement with the owners. Developer Peter Morton, founder of the Hard Rock Cafe chain, reached a deal in 2006 to sell the resort to Morgans Hotel Group Co. The Hard Rock, 4455 Paradise Road, opened in 1995. Toronto-based Brookfield declined to comment. An attempt to get comments from Los Angeles-based Juniper was not immediately successful. If the sale goes through, it would close a rocky financial chapter for the Hard Rock and give Branson, ever the colorful and flamboyant businessman, a foothold in Las Vegas’ hotel-casino industry.Īmanda Caskey, an outside PR rep for Virgin Hotels, said Virgin “cannot comment at this time,” and she referred questions to Brookfield.īosworth, whose firm is based in Las Vegas, also declined to comment and referred questions to Brookfield. Logo designs with the Virgin brand have also been reviewed by officials at the hotel.

Hard Rock Hotel executives reportedly have been directed not to deny Virgin’s interest in the hotel if their employees ask about it.

The other said the lead buyers are Bosworth Hospitality Partners founder Richard “Boz” Bosworth and investment firm Juniper Capital Partners, and that Virgin would also have an ownership stake.īoth sources said the buyers are looking to close the deal this quarter and that the hotel would become a Virgin-branded property. Hard Rock majority owner Brookfield Asset Management has been in “advanced negotiations” to sell the off-Strip hotel, one of the people said. Owners of the Hard Rock Hotel are in talks to sell the Las Vegas resort, and plans call for British billionaire Richard Branson’s Virgin Hotels to operate it, two people familiar with the matter said Friday. Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas (Hard Rock Hotel & Casino/Facebook)

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