Hard Rock Las Vegas Construction Update: What Replaced the Mirage and When It Reopens

The Mirage is no longer a stay-now option. The site is an active Hard Rock construction zone, and the useful customer answer is this: if you are planning a Vegas trip before the target 2027 reopening, book nearby and treat Hard Rock as a future project, not a hotel you can use right now.

What travelers need to know now

People keep searching this because they want to know if Mirage is somehow still bookable, whether the Volcano is still there, or whether Hard Rock is close enough to opening to plan around. The short answer is no, no, and not yet.

If your trip is happening before the target 2027 opening window, use this page as a planning guide, not a booking guide. Stay nearby if you want that part of the Strip and treat the project as a skyline update rather than a current hotel option.

• Do not plan on staying at the property before it officially reopens.
• The Mirage identity is gone as a live hotel stay option.
• Treasure Island and the Venetian side of the Strip are the easiest nearby fallbacks.

The part of the story you can plan around

The safest public baseline is that Hard Rock is transforming the former Mirage into a Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas anchored by the Guitar Hotel, with a target opening in the second half of 2027.

That is the part customers should use for decision-making. It means the site is future-facing, not usable lodging for near-term trips.

The Guitar Hotel build and the former Mirage footprint

Construction-watch coverage keeps focusing on the Guitar Hotel rise, the new theater footprint, and the visual transformation of the old Mirage massing. Those details make the project exciting, but exact floor counts and glass progress move constantly and are better treated as reported snapshots, not permanent facts.

The durable customer takeaway is that the former Mirage footprint is being radically remade, and the old Volcano-era visual identity is over.

• The Guitar Hotel is the signature visual change people care about most.
• The former Mirage shell is being remade rather than lightly refreshed.
• Construction-view interest is high, but near-term booking utility is zero until reopening gets much closer.

How to stay near the site without waiting for it

If you want to stay on that end of the Strip now, the smart move is to book nearby instead of forcing the Hard Rock question too early. Treasure Island is the easiest practical mention because it keeps you in the area without pretending the project is ready.

That makes this page useful as a planning shortcut: use it to understand the transition, then move on to a live hotel option for the actual trip.