HARD ROCK HOTEL & CASINO HOSTS ST. BALDRICK’S FOUNDATION FUNDRAISER AT VINYL ON MARCH 7 WITH GUEST SHAVERS GARY LEVOX OF RASCAL FLATTS AND CRAIG WAYNE BOYD
For the third consecutive year, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino hosts its annual St. Baldrick’s Foundation head-shaving fundraiser inside Vinyl on Saturday, March 7 from noon to 5 p.m. This year, resident artists for Rascal Flatts Vegas Riot! at The Joint, Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts and opener Craig Wayne Boyd, will make an appearance as celebrity shavers.
Throughout the event, Jason Green, manager of local rock band Sin City Sinners, will be the emcee while the band performs several high-energy rock sets as participants raise critical funds used to help find cures for childhood cancer.
In the past two years, Hard Rock Hotel has raised more than $70,000 to benefit the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. The property continues to set the bar high by pushing to exceed its yearly goals for the nonprofit this year.
Doors to Vinyl open for registration at 11 a.m. with festivities set to begin at noon. Guests who are interested in shedding their locks for the cause can register here. Those who are interested in donating or volunteering can learn more online or at the event.
About Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is Las Vegas’ off-strip playground, just minutes and less than three miles from McCarran International Airport. The premier destination entertainment resort is owned by Brookfield Real Estate Finance Fund II and managed by WG-Harmon, LLC, a subsidiary of Warner Gaming, LLC. Built in 1995, the property completed a $700 million expansion in 2010. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino offers an energetic entertainment and gaming experience with the services and amenities associated with a boutique luxury resort hotel. The property is known for its innovative nightlife and music scene where acts such as The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, Paul McCartney, Incubus, Foo Fighters, Carlos Santana, Mötley Crüe, Guns N’ Roses and KISS have all performed. Features of the property include an 11-story Casino Tower with 640 rooms and suites, 17-story Paradise Tower with 490 rooms and suites and the 15-story HRH All-Suite Tower with 359 suites, eight spa villas and seven penthouse suites; 60,000 square feet of casino space featuring Peacock High-Limit gaming and Asian gaming amenities; 80,000 square feet of flexible meeting and convention space; more than $4 million in rare music memorabilia; Body English Nightclub; Reliquary Water Sanctuary, Spa & Salon; 4.8 acres of tropical pool paradise housing the world-famous pool party REHAB; live music/entertainment venues The Joint and Vinyl; Hart & Huntington Tattoo Co.; restaurants Culinary Dropout, Nobu, The Ainsworth, 35 Steaks + Martinis, Pink Taco, Mr. Lucky’s Café and 福Fú; a fitness center; and trendsetting retailers John Varvatos, Affliction, Love Jones and Rocks The Jewelers. For room availability and additional information call 800.HRD.ROCK (800.473.7625) or visit hardrockhotel.com. Follow Hard Rock Hotel & Casino on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for the latest news and updates.
About St. Baldrick’s Foundation
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteer-driven charity committed to funding the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives. St. Baldrick’s coordinates its signature head-shaving events worldwide where participants collect pledges to shave their heads in solidarity with kids with cancer, raising money to fund research. Since 2005, St. Baldrick’s has awarded more than $154 million to support lifesaving research, making the Foundation the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants. St. Baldrick’s funds are granted to some of the most brilliant childhood cancer research experts in the world and to younger professionals who will be the experts of tomorrow. Funds awarded also enable hundreds of local institutions to participate in national pediatric cancer clinical trials, and the new International Scholar grants train researchers to work in developing countries. For more information about the St. Baldrick’s Foundation please call 1.888.899.BALD or visit www.StBaldricks.org.