Hard Rock Buyer
Author: Diana Heeb Bivona
Morgans Hotel Group Co. has agreed to buy the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino for $770 million in cash. The sale of the 647-room hotel and 30,000 square-foot casino on 41 acres near the Las Vegas Strip will net owner, Peter Morton more than $731 million. The Morgans Hotel Group owns and operates the Hudson, Morgans and Royalton in New York and the Delano in Miami, among other properties.