Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is owned and operated by Cherokee Nation Entertainment, the gaming and hospitality arm of the Cherokee Nation. Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa officially opened in August 2009, becoming the only Hard Rock in the heartland of America and the seventh Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in the world. It features 350 luxury hotel rooms and suites, more than 125,000 square feet of gaming space, five dining venues, five nightclubs and entertainment venues, including The Joint—a 2,500-seat event center—and the Cherokee Hills Golf Club—an 18-hole, 70-par, 170-acre championship golf course.