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Hard Rock's The Joint Goes Out With a Bang

Where: 4455 Paradise Rd [map], Las Vegas, NV, United States, 89109

Let's pretend you're a concert venue. And let's pretend you're about to close for a while before re-emerging bigger, better and with a totally new look and a bit of a different identity. Who would you choose to play the last concert on your stage — the rock and roll equivalent to your Last Meal on Earth?

For The Joint at Vegas' Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, the answer was Motley Crue. On Saturday night, the legendary band was the last band to grace the original Joint's stage before the curtain fell on the place. The Joint will be closed until April 2009, and it will re-open as a totally new butterfly: twice the size, with a new sound and lighting system and seven premiere VIP hospitality suites.

Specifically, the new Joint will have:

· Seated and general admission capacities will be doubled
· 700+ fixed stadium-style seats and top-notch green and production rooms
· WiFi access throughout the venue and full blogging station for press covering events and shows
· State-of-the-art light and sound including a D&B Audiotechnik, two full flown stacks, a center cluster for fills, stage fills and over 36 delay speakers through the back of the venue, bar areas, lobby and restrooms
· Ability to transform venue to accommodate boxing, wrestling, mixed martial arts events, corporate functions and trade shows, as well as red carpet movie premieres and advanced screenings

The reno will cost the hotel $60 million, a mere fraction of the property's $750 million expansion slated for completion in late 2009.