Hard Rock Cafe
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Hard Rock Cafe, Inc. is a chain of
theme bar-restaurants , memorabilia shops, casinos and museums founded in 1971 by
Isaac Tigrett and
Peter Morton in
London . In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with
rock and roll memorabilia , a tradition which expanded to others in the chain. In 2007, Hard Rock Cafe International (USA), Inc. was sold to the
Seminole Tribe of Florida and was headquartered in
Orlando, Florida , until April 2018, when the corporate offices were relocated to
Davie, Florida . As of July 2018, Hard Rock International has venues in 74 countries, including 172 bar or cafe-restaurants, 37 hotels, and 11 casinos.
The first Hard Rock Cafe opened on June 14, 1971, at 150 Old Park Lane, Hyde Park , Mayfair , London, under the ownership of two Americans, Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton . Hard Rock initially had an eclectic decor, but it later started to display memorabilia. In 1978, a second location was opened in Toronto , Ontario, Canada.Los Angeles , San Francisco , Chicago , Houston , and Tigrett opened locations in New York, Dallas, Boston, Washington, D.C., Orlando as well as Paris and Berlin . Hard Rock Cafe locations in the US vary from smaller, more tourist driven markets (Biloxi , Pigeon Forge , Key West ) to large metropolises (Philadelphia , Baltimore , New York City , Chicago, Boston , Washington, D.C. ).
Hard Rock Restaurant and Hotel at Universal Studios Orlando © Slamforeman/cc-by-4.0
Hard Rock Cafe typically does not franchise cafe locations in the United States. All U.S. cafes are corporate owned and operated, except for cafes in
Tampa and in the (now closed)
Four Winds New Buffalo casino. However, in the transition of the
Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel property, originally owned and then later sold to
Rank by founder Peter Morton, Morton retained hotel naming rights west of
the Mississippi . When Morton sold his Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel to the
Morgans Hotel Group , he also sold those naming rights, which then gave rise to two US franchised hotels (without cafes) in
Albuquerque and
Tulsa . The Albuquerque hotel no longer pays for the Hard Rock rights and reverted to its former name in June 2013. Additional casino hotels franchised from Morgan’s were subsequently opened in
Sioux City , Iowa and
Vancouver , Canada. A Hard Rock Cafe exists in Empire, Colorado, which was established in 1934 that is not part of the chain.
In 1990,
The Rank Group , a London-based leisure company, acquired
Mecca Leisure Group and continued expansion of the concept in its geographic territory. Rank went on to purchase
Hard Rock America from Peter Morton as well as
Hard Rock Canada from Nick Bitove. After the completion of these acquisitions, Rank gained worldwide control of the brand. In March 2007, the
Seminole Tribe of Florida acquired
Hard Rock Cafe International, Inc. and other related entities from Rank for
US$ 965 million.
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