Upon its opening, the resort included the Hard Rock Beach Club, featuring a pool, cabanas, and a sandy beach.
Each year from 1996 to 2006, the hotel hosted beach volleyball tournaments.
During the 1999 expansion, the pool and beach club area was expanded by two acres, and the pool featured two floating craps tables.
The pool and beach club became one of the most popular party spots in Las Vegas.
In 2004, the resort launched a public pool party known as Rehab, which became a successful, annual event until its end in 2018.

By 2006, the pool had been chosen as one of the top 10 pools in the world by the Travel Channel, and the property occupied by the pool was valued at $50 million.
A series of poolside concerts debuted in 2007, under the name Friday Night Live, and it continued in subsequent years.
A $4 million redesign of the north pool area had been completed by June 2008.
During 2008 and 2009, the hotel offered its Relax pool parties as a laidback alternative to Rehab.

HRH Beach Club opened in March 2010, along with the two-story Skybar.
The area was meant as a quiet and sophisticated alternative to the original, adjacent Hard Rock pool, where Rehab was held.
The new beach club added three pools to the resort, and it featured an upscale and modern design similar to the HRH Tower.
Skybar was designed as a relaxing location, with capacity for only 200 people, to avoid crowding.
In 2015, the pool area was ranked number one by USA Today readers, as part of a list of the top 10 hotel pools in the U.S.
Upon its opening, the resort included the Hard Rock Beach Club, featuring a pool, cabanas, and a sandy beach. Each year from 1996 to 2006, the hotel hosted beach volleyball tournaments. During the 1999 expansion, the pool and beach club area was expanded by two acres, and the pool featured two floating craps tables. The pool and beach club became one of the most popular party spots in Las Vegas. In 2004, the resort launched a public pool party known as Rehab, which became a successful, annual event until its end in 2018.
By 2006, the pool had been chosen as one of the top 10 pools in the world by the Travel Channel, and the property occupied by the pool was valued at $50 million. A series of poolside concerts debuted in 2007, under the name Friday Night Live, and it continued in subsequent years. A $4 million redesign of the north pool area had been completed by June 2008. During 2008 and 2009, the hotel offered its Relax pool parties as a laidback alternative to Rehab.
HRH Beach Club opened in March 2010, along with the two-story Skybar. The area was meant as a quiet and sophisticated alternative to the original, adjacent Hard Rock pool, where Rehab was held. The new beach club added three pools to the resort, and it featured an upscale and modern design similar to the HRH Tower. Skybar was designed as a relaxing location, with capacity for only 200 people, to avoid crowding. In 2015, the pool area was ranked number one by USA Today readers, as part of a list of the top 10 hotel pools in the U.S.
Hard Rock Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas)