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Hard Rock Lake Tahoe (formerly Sahara Tahoe, High Sierra, Horizon Lake Tahoe and Park Tahoe) is a hotel and casino located in Stateline, Nevada. Also previously known as Sahara Tahoe and High Sierra resorts, it is one of four major casino hotels in Stateline. Horizon Lake Tahoe closed on April 1, 2014, to begin a $60 million renovation and rebranding as Hard Rock Lake Tahoe, which held its grand opening on January 28, 2015.

History




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Sahara Tahoe (1965â€"1983)

The property opened as Sahara Tahoe in 1965. Elvis Presley performed here from 1971 to 1976 and his suite was available for guests to book.

High Sierra (1983â€"1990)

In 1983, the hotel was given a Western theme and re-branded High Sierra Hotel and in 1985 hosted the companies who defined the High Sierra Format, the basis for how computers access CD-ROMs today.

Horizon Lake Tahoe (1990â€"2014)

In 1990, it was sold to Columbia Sussex, which re-branded the hotel again as Horizon. Columbia Sussex (leaseholder) was in a contract dispute with Park Cattle Company (now Edgewood Companies), the landowners of Horizon and MontBleu (formerly known as Caesars Tahoe), which Columbia Sussex acquired from Harrah's Entertainment (now Caesars Entertainment Corporation) in 2005.

On May 5, 2009 Tropicana Entertainment announced that it had assigned the lease, operation and management of Horizon to Lake Tahoe Realty I, LLC. an affiliate of Columbia Sussex, under the terms for the assignment of the Horizon lease stipulate continuous operation of nonrestricted gaming at Horizon.

Park Tahoe (2014)

In March 2014, it was announced that the Lake Tahoe Realty's lease to operate the hotel/casino had expired on March 31, 2014 and was not renewed. The Park Companies took over the property under an LLC known as "NevaOne" and closed the property on April 1, 2014 to begin an intense $40 million top-to-bottom makeover. NevaOne has contracted with Las Vegas-based Warner Hospitality to operate the hotel and casino. They operate Hard Rock Las Vegas and have built and run hotel/casinos across the country.

Hard Rock (2014â€"2016)

In July 2014, the Park family announced that the former Horizon will be rebranded as Hard Rock, to open on January 28, 2015, after extensive renovations.

(2016-present) Paragon Gaming acquired Neva One LLC with the land that includes 23 acres next to Lake Tahoe and features 539 hotel rooms, 500 slot machines and 34 table games. They are the only major casino in South Lake Tahoe that owns the land that they sit on.

Film history

Hard Rock (formerly known as Horizon) and MontBleu appeared as the Nomad Hotel in the 2007 film Smokin' Aces

References


Nevada: Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to open at Lake Tahoe in January
Nevada: Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to open at Lake Tahoe in January. Source : www.latimes.com

External links


Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to open at Lake Tahoe in old Horizon ...
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to open at Lake Tahoe in old Horizon .... Source : www.canadianinquirer.net

  • Official website

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