BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — It’s a big name with worldwide recognition and it may be coming to Kern County. Plans for a Hard Rock Hotel and Casino are steps closer to completion.

The huge casino, concert and hotel complex proposed for a 300-acre site 14 miles south of downtown Bakersfield will be operated by the Tejon Indian Tribe and Hard Rock International company, owned by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, according to an announcement Tuesday morning.

The project has been in the works for years, but Tuesday’s announcement that the blue chip brand of Hard Rock will operate the facility brings new prestige to the proposal.