The sprawling facility is so new the shopping arcade's tenants were still struggling to open yesterday as employees frantically steamed clothes and assembled racks. The $1.5 billion expansion's focus was the opening of the 450-foot tall, 638-room Guitar Hotel and the seven-story Oasis tower that features 168 rooms and swim-up suites, along with the glorious return of Hard Rock Live.Īlso new is the Oculus, a Las Vegas-like indoor sound and light show with a circular dancing fountain, which offers several trippy scenes, including whales gliding through a city. The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino premiered its Guitar Hotel yesterday with festivities filled with celebrities, a signature guitar smash, and a pool party complete with mermaids and mermen.
