Published
Industry

Grand opening event held for Hard Rock Hotel New York

Hard Rock Hotel New York recently hosted an exclusive grand opening event, with some of the biggest names in music, film and nightlife in attendance. This included artists John Legend and DJ Cassidy, who turned up to celebrate the hotel’s debut. 

hard rock hotel generic logo gi web image
Listen To Article

Guests attended the NYY Steak while art and entertainment were taking place at RT60, including artist and DJ Alec Monopoly painting a piece for auction. Sets were performed by Chantel Jeffries and DJ Coleman before the headlining performance began. 

The Venue on Music Row hosted the marquee event and main show, with the evening starting with a traditional blessing of the Seminole Tribe of Florida; given by SR Tommie, President of the largest Native American creative agency in the world, Redline Media Group.

Saturday Night Live's Kenan Thompson took the microphone to host, introducing leadership for the celebratory Hard Rock guitar smash moment. During this section of the evening, which was led by Chairman of Hard Rock Internation (HRI), Jim Allen, HRI pledged $100,000 donations to South Asian Youth Action and YWCA of Queens. 

Legend was the first of several headliners to perform. Following his set, DJ Cassidy took to the stage alongside Nas, Busta Rhymes and Fat Joe for the New York debut of his viral phenomenon, "Pass The Mic Live."

Partying continued into the early hours of the morning with Charly Jordan and Zack Bia performing in RT60, on the rooftop bar and terrace. 

Premium+ Connections
Premium

Digitain

 
Premium

Lynon

 
Premium

Sport Generate

 
Premium

Galaxsys

 
Premium

RISK

 
Premium

Imagine Live

 
Premium

GammaStack

 
Premium

1xBet Partners

 
 
Premium

PIN-UP Partners

 
Premium

Revsharks

 
Premium Connections
Consultancy

SCCG Management

Executive Profiles
Zeal Network SE

Stefan Tweraser

VIP Play

Les Ottolenghi

Scientific Games

Keshav Pitani

Social & App

Spribe CEO exclusive: Simplicity is the foundation

Spribe CEO David Natroshvili speaks to Gambling Insider abou...

Redefining iGaming: A history of crash games

Crash games is a growing vertical that has taken gambling by...

A certain something: What makes crash games special?

Crash games. They’re simple, they’re easy to learn and,...

Smarter innovation to shape the future

Spribe CCO Giorgi Tsutskiridze discusses the past, present a...

Facing Facts: The corner of quarterly contemplation

With Q1 reports out across the industry, Gambling Insider co...

Taking Stock: A guide to key stock prices across the industry

Gambling Insider tracks prices from some of the industry’s...

15 years of Gambling Insider: From the Founders

Over the last 15 years, Gambling Insider magazine has interv...

15 years of Gambling Insider: The Awards over time

Global Gaming Awards Event Manager Mariya Savova gives us he...