The Joint at the Hard Rock Gets a Make Over

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The Joint, the venue at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV will get a makeover and reopen the weekend of April 18. The venue originally opened in 1995 and boasts one of the most intimate rock venues in the city. Its maximum capacity under the old design was 2,000 people, standing room only. It also served as an after hours night club.

The remodeled version will double the capacity but maintain the intimate setting of its predecessor. The cost of the revamp is estimated at $60 million, part of a larger expansion project of the hotel-casino. A new sound system will be put in, along with almost 40 video screens, and a blogging station for press coverage. The venue will also get a upgrade in its lighting system and include WiFi access venue-wide.

Paul McCartney has been tapped to play the first concert in the new venue on April 19.