The 660-foot guitar-shaped hotel rising above the Strip represents more than just another addition to the Las Vegas skyline for Marcellus Osceola Jr.
For the chairman of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Hard Rock Las Vegas project is another milestone in a decades-long evolution of tribal gaming, one that began with a high-stakes bingo hall in Florida and has grown into an international gaming and entertainment enterprise.
That history is personal for Osceola, whose grandfather, Bill Osceola, was the Seminole Tribe’s first Tribal Council chairman. Elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2019, the younger Osceola is the seventh person to hold the position.
