The title of this post sounds decidedly phallic.

I assure you that it was not intentional. (or was it?)

Anyway, the Hard Rock, or “Rock Hard” as it is sometimes known locally (for the state a person finds themselves in when they hang out by the pool) has apparently not scrapped their plans for expansion at all.

The partially constructed tower looks eerily like Echelon, but I guess that is what beginning construction always looks like.

I’m not a huge fan of the Hard Rock in general due to philosophical reasons, but I still find myself there semi-frequently.

I’ll most likely be there in late September for a couple of Foo Fighters gigs, but I rarely hang out there simply for recreation.

Even this notorious bastion of female eye-candy has become a dick farm in the last year or two.

Nonetheless, the expansion is well underway, and the new tower is starting to take shape.

The 15 story “suite tower” is scheduled to be completed by sometime next year. They are also performing other major renovations to the Hard Rock which will add 950 rooms in total, and are overhauling some of the existing structure.

Hopefully, the local economy will have turned around by the time the renovations are completed.

I’m still looking for one of those cool Hard Rock suites that they have overlooking the Bellagio Fountains (as seen in the movie “21″).