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June 5, 2009
The expanded Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, has begun adding staff and plans to hire 800 more personnel as construction projects continue.
Already, 400 people have been added during the major expansion.
The hotel will hold job fairs throughout the summer, KLAS-TV in Las Vegas reported.
Besides hiring dealers, the company also will hire hotel staff.
Part of the renovation included the construction of a 4,000-seat theater, where artists such as guitarist Carlos Santana will play 36 concerts a year.
Las Vegas has been hard hit by the recession. In April, the unemployment rate in Nevada was 10.6 percent, just below the state's record level of unemployment (10.7 percent) in December 1983. The April jobs report did say that for the first time in several months the unemployment figure for the month in the casino industry remained unchanged, ending a series of steady increases.
The city also topped the nation in home foreclosures in the first quarter of 2009, according to RealtyTrac. The rate of foreclosure filings was 4.5 percent, seven times the national average.
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