The new Hard Rock has partnered with event promoter Live Nation and will sponsor concerts at the 18,500-seat venue, which is just a few miles from the casino. 2, at the nearby Toyota Amphitheatre in Wheatland, Calif.

Grand-opening festivities continue throughout the weekend, featuring a performance by legendary British rock band Def Leppard on Saturday night, Nov. The project marks a first-of-its-kind collaboration between two Native American tribes, the Enterprise Rancheria and the Seminole Tribe of Florida, which owns Hard Rock International. The 169-room hotel and entertainment venue is about 40 miles north of downtown Sacramento, on property owned by the Estom Yumeka Maidu Tribe of the Enterprise Rancheria. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sacramento at Fire Mountain, the brand's first gaming facility in California, celebrated its grand opening with a signature Hard Rock guitar smash this week.