Hard Rock Casino President Matt Schuffert gives Times Reporter Dan Carden a guided tour of the new Hard Rock Northern Indiana a week before opening. Connor Burge, The Times
GARY â A new era of gaming, dining and entertainment in Northwest Indiana begins at 5 p.m. Friday when officials press play and open the doors of the Hard Rock Casino to the public for the first time.
There is no stop button.
Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, the speakers will be thumping inside the $300 million casino located immediately adjacent to eastbound Interstate 80/94 at the Burr Street exit in Gary.