Yoo-boy! Renovations of all current rooms and restaurants, expansion including two new towers (one solely a VIP suites tower), a larger The Joint concert venue and turning the entire Paradise-side parking lot into convention space ? just a few of the planned changes to the Hard Rock by its new owners. As someone who spends a lot of time at the Hard Rock, I can see my time there dwindling to pretty much nothing during construction since they plan to do all of this within 2 years. First off, there won't be any place to park if they get rid of the entire outdoor parking area since there isn't enough space now most weekends. I'm not much for inconvenience and would rather forego playing/partying there than deal with parking issues. I'm bummed there won't be anymore outdoor concerts; I loved being outside for Depeche Mode and Rob Zombie (probably because I had VIP seats to both), plus we saw Tool from a hotel room overlooking the parking lot.

Bettie