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Projected Opening: March 25
Virgin Hotels opens in 2021, and the resort continues to remodel the former Hard Rock Hotel on the east side of Las Vegas. Three hotel towers feature more than 1,500 rooms and suites; a 60,000-square-foot Mohegan Sun Casino, operated by Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment; a five-acre pool with an event lawn; live music with space for 4,500; a showroom for 650; and 12 food and beverage venues. Dining options include the return of Todd English’s Olives; Kris Yenbamroong’s Los Angeles Thai gem Night + Market; the legendary sushi restaurant Nobu; Michael and David Morton’s One Steakhouse; Kassi Beach Club, now Kassi Beach House, from restaurateur Nick Mathers; Casa Calavera by Hakkasan Group; as well as the sports entertainment, daylife, and nightlife venue Money, Baby! from Clive Collective. Other outlets include Afters Ice Cream, Pizza Forte by the Ferraro family, and Virgin Hotels restaurants and bars including The Kitchen at Commons Club, The Bar at Com
Announced as temporarily closed and hoping to return to the Venetian later this spring, The Halal Guys and 7 Leaves Cafe will instead be replaced by two San Francisco imports already under construction at the Grand Canal Shoppes food court.
The third local outpost for New York food cart favorite The Halal Guys arrived at the resort two years ago, sharing the 1,152-square-foot counter-service space with 7 leaves Cafe.
Predicting a spring debut, Fire of Brazil Express will now replace the gyros and rice menu with a fast-casual collection of churrascaria-inspired grilled meats and lunch bowls, featuring cuts of beef, pork, and chicken served with sides including paella, rice, feijoada, and fried plantains, plus a roster of Brazilian sodas.
Las Vegas Weekly
A rendering of Caesars Palace’s upcoming Stadia Bar.
Courtesy Rockwell Group
David Werly will be executive chef at
Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, expected to open this spring at the former site of the Hard Rock Hotel. Werly, a veteran of such esteemed restaurants and resorts as Aria, Vdara, Mandarin Oriental, Le Cirque and more, will oversee the Virgin in-house concepts, including the Kitchen at Commons Club, Funny Library Coffee Shop, the Juice Bar and the F&B offerings at the guest pool and dayclub and in-room and banquet dining.
Big new bar concepts are popping up or in the works around the Vegas Valley. At Area15,