Rank CANT use the Hard Rock name.
The casino was not sold but the name was.

Its operated by Grosvenor Casinos under license from Rank. Its likely to become a 'generic' Grosvenor casino.

Grosvenor UK will be re-racking with generic RFID chips in the not too distant future so the chips may even disappear first for that reason.

Some Grosvenor casinos have already installed new 'autochippers' on the roulette tables ready for RFID. These are designed for B&G chips only. Coin center chips get broken in half by them.
The manager at the Victoria showed me racks of broken ones, maybe 1,000 chips, right up to £25000. YES John Benedict, there is a £25,000 chip at the Victoria.
All coins centers are being bagged for disposal when they return to the cage.
I heard the Gloucester Sporting club and Connoissuer have already got rid of all theirs.