Don't believe the hype, extremely underwhelming

Yes, this place is huge. The parking lot is huge too, and has golf carts if needed. IIRC, cover was $8, we got there a little after 8, free parking. We spent a good amount exploring the place. You walk up a ramp into the entrance, after the pat down outside. Inside, it looks like entering a sporting venue, but with one ticket booth. We were told the price for upstairs, but I didn't understand the guy. To his credit, he was being hassled buy a patron who wanted free entry showing some super old coupon or something. I'm usually the type to let the someone in like that, but even I thought it looked shady. Anyway, a line formed while they were arguing and he was quick to usher in my group.

Once paid, you go through a medium and wide hallway and encounter a gaggle of girls. They weren't aggressive surprisingly. In other clubs, these girls cling to you right away or a bouncer sort of assigns one to you. They were just standing there and was a popular place for girls to stand all night. At this point, this is the main room with a bar to the left, bathrooms to the right, then the LDA, then two main stages (Tootsie Station over the first main stage) and small enclaves for rent (but with no real access to the large tvs in the main area. At the opposite end in the back is Knockers, which is a sports bar, like normal size. There is a pole there, but no one was using it. There are pool tables and more tvs, just not the jumbotron like ones in the main area. There's also a pole there, but not in use when we were there.

I was drunk off my ass for most of this trip. We were supposed to do due diligence for work, but the deal fell through on the second day, and no one told us to go home. Everything had been pre-paid so we spent our days mostly at Hard Rock. I had a pretty strong winning streak in black jack (poker was another story) and my friend finished top 10 or 5 in some poker tournament and he was buying.