Hard Rock park starts prep work

The Hard Rock Theme Park is starting to prepare its future home off U.S. 501.

The park will be the first in the world boasting the Hard Rock name, a branding that amusement experts say will give the theme park an edge.

Park officials haven’t yet released details of the rides or the planned amphitheater. A groundbreaking will be held this summer.

Last week a fence was put up and part of a road is expected to be closed next week. The $400 million park is still two years from opening, but crews are getting the site ready for heavy construction to begin this summer.

On Monday, a 0.2-mile section of Fantasy Way road, from the former Fantasy Theater to George Bishop Parkway, closed. The section directly in front of Medieval Times and the Myrtle Beach Community Church will stay open, but those places will lose direct access to George Bishop Parkway.

Source: Dawn Bryant, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, SC