Hard Rock inaugurates world’s first guitar casino
By AFP
28 October 2019 |
11:32 am
Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman among celebrities appear at Florida's Seminole Hard Rock Casino during the inauguration of the world’s first guitar-shaped hotel.
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