Hard Rock Guitar - Biloxi, Mississippi
Posted by: Sunny Gina
N 30° 23.558 W 088° 53.266
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Biloxi's Hard Rock Casino Guitar
Waymark Code: WM2D8D
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2007
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This guitar stands in front of The Hard Rock Casino and Resort located in Biloxi, Mississippi. The resort was constructed in 2005 and originally scheduled to open on September 1st of that year. However, a couple of days before the scheduled grand opening, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast and destroyed the casino and damaged the resort. Many memoribilia items were ruined, but many items were found by local residents and returned to the Hard Rock. One was Elvis Presley's Army uniform, found on a mannequin floating in the Mississippi Sound. B.B. King's original guitar "Lucille" was returned as well as guitars from Johnny Cash and KISS. This guitar survived with damage.
Rebuilding of the facility has completed, and the casino opened to the public on June 30, 2007.