Hard Rock Cafe

Worldwide, there are more than 170 stores in over 50 countries, in the German-speaking Hard Rock Cafes are located in Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and Munich.

Concept

The Hard Rock Cafe are not primarily known for their food, but mainly because of its atmosphere. The chain features of over 70,000 exhibits the largest music collection of exhibits in the world. All exhibits are bought at auctions or directly provided by musicians available. Among other things, signed guitars, stage clothes, rare photos or gold records serve as a wall decoration in the various cafes.

The individual Hard Rock Cafes are stalls or shops attached where clothes and souvenirs are sold. Especially in the 1980s and 1990s it was popular to have visited as many Hard Rock Cafes and there to buy the t -shirt with the Hard Rock Cafe logo and the name of the city. Many visitors gather pins (pins), which publishes the chain regularly in limited editions. Also for the sold there T -shirts, glasses, teddy bears, drum sticks, Zippo lighters and even dolls, there is a brisk buying and collecting interest.

History

The first Hard Rock Cafe was born on June 14th 1971 at the Old Park Lane in London, on the premises of a former Rolls- Royce representative, opened by the two Americans Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton.

Her regulars then counted Eric Clapton, who had a firm place. To secure this, he had his guitar, a Fender Lead II, there hang on the wall. She is now in the safe of the HRC London and is on display there. A few weeks later sent Pete Townshend ( member of The Who) his guitar at the cafe, and then enlarged the collection.

1982 began Tigrett and Morton to open new cafes worldwide. The first Hard Rock Cafe was founded by Morton in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and Houston. Tigrett founded branches in New York, Dallas, Boston, Washington, Orlando, Paris and Berlin. Tigrett eventually sold his shares to " Mecca Leisure ." " Mecca " in turn was bought out in 1990 by "The Rank Organisation ". " Rank" drove it continues to open more stores and finally acquired added the cafes that had founded Morton, as well as the newly founded by Nick Bitove Canadian chain.

Today there is not only Hard Rock Cafe, but also hotels, bars, casinos, an event hall and an exhibition of which is not in cafes exhibits. This is located in an old bank building and therefore got the name " Vault " (English for safe). The Vault in Orlando, which has the shape of an upside-down pyramid, has been closed after a year. In April 2008, the Amusement Park Hard Rock Park opened in Myrtle Beach (South Carolina ), which was closed after one season.

Hard Rock Cafe International Inc. from 1990 to the end of 2006 belonged to " The Rank Group Plc " based in London and operates its cafes, both under its own leadership ( primarily in the U.S. and Europe) as well as after the franchise system ( particularly in Asia ). In December 2006, the sale of Hard Rock International to the Seminole Tribe of Florida was announced for 965 million U.S. dollars, together with the already some of the Hard Rock Casino and Hard Rock hotels were operated. Exceptions to this are the Hard Rock Casino in London (whose name is altered ) and the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Since 2004 Hamish Dodds is the CEO of the company. Since the sale to the Indian tribe, the company is thriving despite the economic crisis.

Locations

Here currently opened Hard Rock Cafes are listed below:

Acapulco Mexico
The Netherlands Amsterdam
Aruba Aruba
United States Atlanta
United States Atlantic City
Indonesia Bali
United States Baltimore
India Bangalore
Thailand Bangkok
Spain Barcelona
Lebanon Beirut
Brazil Belo Horizonte
Germany Berlin
United States Biloxi
Colombia Bogotá
United States Boston
Belgium Brussels
Hungary Budapest
Argentina Buenos Aires
Romania Bucharest
Mexico Cabo San Lucas
Mexico Cancún
Venezuela Caracas
Colombia Cartagena
Cayman Islands Cayman Islands
United States of America Chicago
United States Cleveland
Mexico Cozumel
United States Dallas
United States Denver
United States Destin
United States Detroit
United Arab Emirates Dubai
Ireland Dublin
Scotland Edinburgh
Fiji Fiji
Italy Florence
United States Four Winds
United States Foxwoods
Japan Fukuoka
United States Gatlinburg
Sweden Gothenburg
Guam Guam
Germany Hamburg
Finland Helsinki
Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City
United States Hollywood ( Florida)
United States Hollywood ( California )
United States Hollywood (Universal Studios)

Hong Kong Hong Kong
United States Honolulu
United States Houston
India Hyderabad
Spain Ibiza Town
United States Indianapolis
Indonesia Jakarta
United States Key West
Germany Cologne
Poland Krakow
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
Kuwait Kuwait
United States Lake Tahoe
United States Las Vegas
United States Las Vegas (Las Vegas Strip)
Peru Lima
Portugal Lisbon
United States Louisville ( Kentucky)
Macau Macau
Spain Madrid
Philippines Makati
Malaysia Malacca
Bahrain Manama
England Manchester
Spain Marbella
Venezuela Margarita
United States Maui
Colombia Medellin
United States Memphis
Mexico Mexico City
United States Miami
Russia Moscow
India Mumbai
Germany Munich
United States Myrtle Beach
Japan Narita
United States Nashville
Bahamas Nassau
India New Delhi
United States New Orleans
United States New York
United States New York ( Yankee Stadium )
United States Niagara Falls ( New York)
Canada Niagara Falls (Ontario)

France Nice
United States Orlando
Japan Osaka
Japan Osaka (Universal Studios)
Norway Oslo
Spain Palma de Mallorca
Panama Panama City
France Paris
Thailand Pattaya
Malaysia Penang
United States Philadelphia
United States Phoenix (Arizona )
Thailand Phuket
United States Pittsburgh
Czech Republic Prague
Mexico Puerto Vallarta
India Pune
Dominican Republic Punta Cana
New Zealand Queenstown
Italy Rome
Japan Roppongi
United States Saipan
United States of America San Antonio
United States San Diego
United States San Francisco
Malta St. Julian's
Spain Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Chile Santiago de Chile
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo
Singapore Sentosa
Singapore Singapore
Singapore Singapore (Singapore Changi Airport )
United States Seattle
Sint Maarten Sint Maarten
United States St. Louis
Sweden Stockholm
Australia Surfers Paradise
Australia Sydney
United States Tampa
Japan Tokyo
Canada Toronto
Italy Venice
Poland Warsaw
United States Washington, D.C.
Japan Yokohama

Trivia

Carole King dedicated the cafe and especially its atmosphere in 1977 the song Hard Rock Cafe.
The Hard Rock Cafe in Heidelberg not part of the group, but may continue to operate for forfeiture of legal rights under the logo and name of the London chain. Only the sale of souvenirs must be set.

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