Once complete, the resort is expected to have 600 hotel rooms, 48,000 square feet of gaming area and 96,000 square feet of retail and restaurants at ground level, according to planning documents.

A massive 542-foot guitar -- actually, back-to-back guitars -- will be much more than a sign in front of the Hard Rock Hotel on the Strip. It will be a hotel tower with 600 rooms and a 48,234 ...