Less than a week ago The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa officially opened.  It is the only Hard Rock in the heartland and just the seventh Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in the world.

At the launch in the Grand Lobby the keynote addresses were given by Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chad Smith, Cherokee Nation Entertainment CEO David Stewart, and Hard Rock Hotel & Casino representatives and superstar Toby Keith.  He will be opening a Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill in the casino.

Cherokee Nation is the sole owner of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, which will be operated by Cherokee Nation Entertainment. It has 350 luxury hotel rooms and suites; more than 125,000-square-feet of gaming space; five dining establishments including Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill and McGill’s on 19, a fine-dining penthouse restaurant; and five nightclubs and entertainment venues including the 2,500-seat Hard Rock Hotel & Casino event center scheduled to open in 2010.

“Entertainment in Tulsa is now synonymous with Hard Rock Hotel & Casino,” says David Stewart, CEO of Cherokee Nation Entertainment. “With the Cherokee Nation’s commitment of $155 million in developing the new resort and the branding opportunity with Hard Rock, we have made a long-term investment for our community and state. This venture brings together a unique blend of Cherokee culture, Oklahoma’s rich musical history and classic rock and roll. We’ve created an experience that cannot be duplicated anywhere else.”

“Cherokee Nation Entertainment has always been the industry leader and the first to bring resort style entertainment to the market. We continue this fine tradition by now bringing the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino brand to Tulsa,” adds Stewart.

The casino features more than 2,300 electronic games and 70 poker and table games all infused with the world-famous Hard Rock motif.

There is also an 18-hole, 70-par, 170-acre Cherokee Hills Golf Club championship golf course which was voted one of the top five public access courses in Oklahoma two years in a row by Golfweek magazine.

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