The Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol is set to open Thursday. The iconic guitar smash is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. The grand opening is set for noon. We plan to stream those events on our website and social media platforms.

Smoking will be allowed inside the new Hard Rock casino gaming area but efforts have been made to address concerns of non-smokers. Virginia allows casinos with proper ventilation an exception under provisions of the 2009 Virginia Indoor Clean Air Act.

With the grand opening of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol on Thursday, employees are hard at work preparing for the doors to officially open to the public. On Tuesday, employees held a team member rally to get everyone pumped up for opening day.

More than six years and three months have passed since word first leaked out prominent local business leaders Jim McGlothlin and Clyde Stacy intended to convince the Virginia General Assembly to legalize gambling so they could establish a casino at the former Bristol Mall.

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Bristol opened the doors to its temporary facility in 2022, and since then, it has brought a positive economic impact to the City of Bristol, Virginia. Bristol, Virginia Mayor Becky Nave told News Channel 11 that having the casino in the area has brought more jobs

Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Bristol opened the doors to their temporary facility in 2022, since then it has brought a positive economic impact to the city of Bristol Virginia.

On both sides of the state line, people have expressed excitement for the grand opening of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol’s official grand opening on Thursday.