Hard Rock Cafe

Hard Rock Cafe International, Inc.

Type	Private
Industry	Casual dining restaurants, casinos, hotels
Founded	June 14, 1971 Piccadilly, London, U.K.
Headquarters	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Key people	Hamish Dodds, President/CEO John Galloway, CMO Tom Gispanski, CFO Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton, Founders
Owner	Seminole Tribe of Florida
Website	www.hardrock.com

Hard Rock Cafe International, Inc. is a chain of theme restaurants 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 was sold to the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.^[1][2] As of December 2015, there were 191 Hard Rock locations in 59 countries, including 168 cafes, 23 hotels, and 11 casinos.^[3]

History

Restaurants

Hard Rock Cafe located on Broadway in the heart of Times Square

Big Guitar Sign At Hard Rock Cafe, Beirut, Lebanon

Huge Guitar At Hard Rock Cafe, New Delhi

Hard Rock Cafe signage at The Printworks, Manchester

Hard Rock Café in Temple Bar, Dublin

Hard Rock Café Pin "Tbilisi Grand Opening"

Hard Rock Cafe Yankee Stadium

The first Hard Rock Cafe (HRC) opened on June 14, 1971, in Piccadilly, London, under the ownership of young Americans Peter Morton and Isaac Tigrett. Hard Rock initially had an eclectic decor but it later started to display memorabilia.

The chain began to expand worldwide in 1982 with locations in (among others) Toronto, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Paris and Berlin.^[4] Hard Rock Cafe locations in the United States vary from smaller, more tourist driven markets (Biloxi, Pigeon Forge, Key West, etc.) to large metropolises (Houston, Philadelphia, New York City, Chicago, Boston, Washington DC, etc.). Hard Rock Cafe typically does not franchise cafe locations in the United States. All US cafes are corporate owned and operated, except for cafes in Tampa and Four Winds New Buffalo casino.^[5] 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 Group, he also sold those naming rights, which then gave rise to two U.S. franchise 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. More hotels franchised off from Morgan's are planned for Sioux City and Vancouver.

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.^[1] In 2008, anonymous members of the wait staff criticized the business because of its practice of paying them less than half the official minimum wage in the UK, with the business allocating tips to staff to bring their salaries within the law. Most customers, it was argued, do not realize that they are subsidizing a low wage when they give the tip.^[6]

Music memorabilia

Jon Bon Jovi's guitar on display at the cafe in Moscow

HRC is known for its collection of rock and roll memorabilia. The cafes solicit donations of music memorabilia but also purchase a number of items at auctions around the world, including autographed guitars, costumes from world tours and rare photographs; these are often to be found mounted on cafe walls. The collection began in 1979 with an un-signed Red Fender Lead II guitar from Eric Clapton, who was a regular at the first restaurant in London. Clapton wanted management to hang the guitar over his regular seat in order to lay claim to that spot, and they obliged. This prompted Pete Townshend of The Who to give one of his guitars, also un-signed with the note "Mine's as good as his! Love, Pete."^[7] Hard Rock's archive includes over 77,000 items, and is the largest private collection of Rock and Roll memorabilia in the world. Marquee pieces from the collection were briefly displayed in a Hard Rock museum named "The Vault" in Orlando, Florida from January 2003 until September 2004. After the closure, items were disbursed to various restaurant locations.^[8] The London Vault remains open and free to visitors, located in the retail Rock Shop of the original cafe.^[9] In 2005, Deep Purple launched its new album Rapture of the Deep in Hard Rock Cafe London. This show at the release party itself was released as a DVD.^[10]

The Hard Rock Café is also in possession of a Bedford VAL 6 axle coach used in the 1967 film The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour. The vehicle was completely refurbished after filming. It is currently displayed in the US, but makes regular appearances in events in the UK, especially at the original Hard Rock Cafe in London. In 2001, a competition was run to win the actual bus, but it was never given away and remained with the Cafe.

Expansion into other businesses

Casinos, hotels, and racinos

Hard Rock Hotel Macau

Hard Rock Cafe Melaka

In 1995, Peter Morton spent $80 million to open the Hard Rock Hotel near the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. A subsequent $100 million expansion in 1999 nearly doubled the hotel's capacity.^[11]

In May 2006, Morton sold the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas to Morgans Hotel Group for $770 million, including the rights to the Hard Rock Hotel brand west of the Mississippi, including Texas, California, Australia, and Vancouver, British Columbia.^[12] The hotel began another expansion in 2007 at a cost of $750 million. The project added 875 rooms in two towers and expanded meeting space.^[13] In March 2011, Morgans surrendered control of the property to partner Brookfield Asset Management, citing the high debt on the property in the face of the economic downturn.^[14]

Today, the Seminole Tribe of Florida owns and operates all units except the Las Vegas,Tulsa, Sioux City, and Vancouver properties. In 2004, Hard Rock International and Sol Melia Hotels and Resorts launched Lifestar Hoteles España SL, a joint venture that intended to manage Europe's first Hard Rock Hotel in Madrid, but it was never opened as a Hard Rock property upon the dissolution of the joint venture in 2007.^[15] The other joint venture hotels are in Chicago, New York and San Diego (the San Diego property includes Hard Rock condominiums). Hard Rock also operates hotels and resorts in Orlando, Florida (a joint venture with Loews Hotels); Bali, Indonesia; and Pattaya, Thailand, (a joint venture with Ong Beng Seng/Hotel Properties Limited). Hard Rock International continues to expand internationally (including hotels, casinos, resorts, and condominiums) through several joint ventures (Becker Ventures, Ong Beng Seng/Hotel Properties Limited and Loews Hotels), including hotels in Chicago, Bali, Orlando, Penang, San Diego, Singapore, and planned openings in Abu Dhabi, Cancun, Dubai, Hungary, Panama, Punta Cana and Vallarta^[16] - as well as hotel-casinos in Hollywood, Florida; Tampa, Florida; Biloxi, Mississippi; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Tulsa Catoosa, Oklahoma.^[17]

The Hotel Zoso in Palm Springs, California was converted into a 160-room Hard Rock Hotel and opened in 2014.^[18][19] A location in Atlantic City, New Jersey was planned but canceled.^[20] All-inclusive resorts operate under the Hard Rock brand in Mexico and the Dominican Republic. In 2013, the Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park, opened as joint slot machine and track venture. The Rocksino is located near Cleveland.

International locations include

• Hard Rock Casino, at The Printworks in Manchester, United Kingdom
• Hard Rock Hotel, at the City of Dreams in Macau
• Hard Rock Hotel, at the Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore
• Hard Rock Hotel Penang in Malaysia
• Hard Rock Hotel in Bali, Indonesia
• Hard Rock Casino Vancouver in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
• Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
• Hard Rock Hotel in Panama Megapolis, Panama City, Panama
• Hard Rock Hotel in Cáncun, Mexico
• Hard Rock Hotel in Goa, India

Hard Rock Park

In March 2006, Hard Rock Cafe International announced that it had licensed the "Hard Rock" name to HRP Myrtle Beach Operations, LLC, to design, build, and operate a $400 million 150-acre (0.61 km²) theme park called Hard Rock Park. Hard Rock Park opened on April 15, 2008 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The park was expected to draw an estimated 30,000 visitors per day, promised to create more than 3,000 jobs, and was billed as the largest single investment in South Carolina history. It planned to feature a large concert arena and six zones with more than 40 attractions. HRP Myrtle Beach Operations, LLC, filed for Chapter 11 on September 25, 2008. The company hoped to re-open in 2009 after restructuring.^[21] On January 2, 2009 after failing to attract a buyer with a minimum $35 million bid for over two months, Hard Rock Park asked a Delaware Bankruptcy Court to convert the filing to Chapter 7, triggering immediate liquidation of assets to pay off creditors, and closing the park.^[22]

New owners renamed the venue Freestyle Music Park and planned to reopen retaining a music-theme but, without the Hard Rock name by Memorial Day, 2009. The park only operated one additional year and never reopened due to poor attendance.^[23]

Hard Rock Stadium

In August 2016, it has been reported that the NFL will announce the Miami Dolphins' stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida will be renamed Hard Rock Stadium;^[24] ironically, the stadium's other high-profile tenant, the University of Miami's football team, has no greater rival than Florida State, whose athletic teams are, with the tribe's blessing, known as the "Seminoles".

Acquisition by the Seminole Tribe of Florida

On December 7, 2006, Rank sold its Hard Rock business to the Seminole Tribe of Florida for $965 million. Included in the deal were 124 Hard Rock Cafes, four Hard Rock Hotels, two Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Hotels, two Hard Rock Live! concert venues, and stakes in three unbranded hotels. Rank retained the Hard Rock Casino in London, and rebranded it the G Casino Piccadilly. The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas was also not part of the deal, as it was sold by Peter Morton to Morgans Hotel Group in May 2006.^[25] The final takeover was mired in controversy, due to a payment clause in a contract with one casino developer, Power Plant Entertainment. Power Plant and the Seminoles announced a settlement in April 2007 which both sides called equitable.^[26] On January 8, 2007, Rank shareholders approved the Seminoles' $965 million offer. The Tribe announced it had finalized the deal on March 11, 2007.^[27]

On June 22, 2008, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood began "Vegas-style" table gambling in addition to the Class II slots already in operation. To win approval for the table games, which were barred under Florida law, the Seminole Tribe paid the State of Florida $100 million as part of a 25-year pact signed by Governor Charlie Crist. On July 3, 2008, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the governor's agreement was unconstitutional, but table games continue to operate because the Federal Department of the Interior approved the now-invalid pact with the state.^[28]

List of locations

Location (city)	Location (country)	Established	Status
London	United Kingdom	June 14, 1971	Open
Toronto	Canada	June 23, 1978	Open
Los Angeles	United States	October 24, 1982	Closed December 31, 2006[29]
Roppongi	Japan	July 4, 1983	Open
New York	United States	April 12, 1984	Relocated to Times Square on August 12, 2005
San Francisco	United States	September 10, 1984	Closed August 26, 2002, Relocated to Fisherman's Wharf
Stockholm	Sweden	April 16, 1985	Open
Chicago	United States	June 17, 1986	Open
Houston	United States	November 6, 1986	Relocated May 21, 2000
Dallas	United States	November 28, 1986	Relocated July 15, 2009
Cancún	Mexico	June 9, 1987	Reopened in March 19, 2016
Honolulu	United States	July 17, 1987	Relocated May 21, 2000
Reykjavík	Iceland	July 25, 1987	Closed May 29, 2005. Re-opened October 30, 2016.
New Orleans	United States	December 11, 1987	Relocated December 29, 2012
La Jolla	United States	December 11, 1988	Closed September 6, 2008 (Originally San Diego, renamed when downtown location opened)
Sydney	Australia	April 1, 1989	Closed October 22, 2007, Relocated December 6, 2011.
Toronto SkyDome	Canada	June 6, 1989	Closed September 27, 2009
Boston	United States	June 12, 1989	Relocated July 2, 2007
Acapulco	Mexico	December 8, 1989	Closed January 14, 2014
Washington, D.C.	United States	January 1, 1990	Open
Singapore	Singapore	February 6, 1990	Open
Orlando	United States	June 7, 1990	Relocated December 11, 1998
Maui	United States	July 23, 1990	Open - Scheduled to close December 4, 2016. No re-opening scheduled.
Las Vegas at Hard Rock Hotel	United States	September 7, 1990	Open
Montreal	Canada	September 20, 1990	Closed September 27, 2009
Puerto Vallarta	Mexico	December 30, 1990	Closed early 2012
Aspen	United States	January 22, 1991	Closed November 1, 2000
Calgary	Canada	April 1, 1991	Closed June 1, 2000
Bangkok	Thailand	April 22, 1991	Open
Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	November 23, 1991	Open
Paris	France	November 24, 1991	Open
Osaka	Japan	January 17, 1992	Closed September 14, 2001
Tijuana	Mexico	April 26, 1992	Closed June 19, 2008
Berlin	Germany	May 18, 1992	Relocated April 26, 2010
Jakarta	Indonesia	October 2, 1992	Relocation to Plaza Indonesia Entertainment X'nter in July 2004.
Atlanta	United States	November 9, 1992	Open
Newport Beach	United States	November 23, 1992	Closed June 23, 2005
St. Thomas	US Virgin Islands, United States	December 17, 1992	Closed April 24, 2005
San Juan	Puerto Rico	March 5, 1993	Closed April 22, 2011. Re-opening in 2016.
Tel Aviv	Israel	July 1993	Closed December 1997
Grand Cayman	Cayman Islands	April 28, 2000	Closed October 13, 2013. Re-opened in December 2014.
Miami	United States	September 21, 1993	Open
Mexico City	Mexico	September 23, 1993	Closed May 2013
Bali	Indonesia	October 3, 1993	Open
Taipei	Taiwan	December 22, 1993	Closed February 3, 2002
Beijing	China	May 14, 1994	Closed September 30, 2012
Nashville	United States	June 21, 1994	Open
Cozumel	Mexico	October 22, 1994	Relocated in early 2015.
Hong Kong Kowloon	Hong Kong	November 13, 1994	Closed November 24, 2008.
Madrid	Spain	November 25, 1994	Open
San Antonio	United States	January 12, 1995	Open
Kanata	Canada	January 15, 1995	Closed September 2, 2002
Hong Kong at Chater Road	Hong Kong	March 18, 1995	Closed October 1, 1999
Vancouver	Canada	June 6, 1995	Closed June 1, 2000
Edmonton	Canada	July 7, 1995	Closed June 1, 2000
Myrtle Beach	United States	July 10, 1995	Closed October 3, 2016. Relocated to new location also at Broadway at the Beach.
Copenhagen	Denmark	July 18, 1995	Open
Whistler	Canada	September 5, 1995	Closed June 1, 2000
Buenos Aires	Argentina	October 15, 1995	Open
Melbourne	Australia	October 21, 1995	Closed October 21, 2007
Phoenix	United States	October 21, 1995	Relocated February 25, 2002
Banff	Canada	October 22, 1995	Closed June 1, 2000
Taichung	Taiwan	December 1995	Closed December 1996
Cabo San Lucas	Mexico	December 10, 1995	Unauthorized location[30]
Antwerp	Belgium	December 15, 1995	Closed April 24, 1997
Makati	Philippines	December 15, 1995	Open (Originally named Manilla, renamed shortly after)
Universal City	United States	January 12, 1996	Open
Surfers Paradise	Australia	March 22, 1996	Open, Originally called Gold Coast.
Ottawa	Canada	June 26, 1996	Closed September 1, 2013
Niagara Falls	United States	July 10, 1996	Open
Shanghai	China	August 2, 1996	Closed March 28, 2004
Guangzhou	China	September 2, 1996	Closed May 18, 2003
Key West	United States	September 27, 1996	Open
Atlantic City	United States	November 15, 1996	Open
Cape Town	South Africa	November 22, 1996	Closed June 17, 2001
Seoul	South Korea	December 2, 1996	Reopened in April 8, 2008 but closed again in April 2009. Reopened in October 21, 2014.
Niagara Falls Canada	Canada	December 9, 1996	Open
Beirut	Lebanon	December 19, 1996	Closed September 9, 2013
Shenzhen	China	May 27, 1997	Closed November 1998
Nagoya	Japan	July 1, 1997	Closed December 31, 2010
Baltimore	United States	July 4, 1997	Open
Yokohama	Japan	July 18, 1997	Open
Sacramento	United States	August 13, 1997	Closed March 20, 2010
Amman	Jordan	August 14, 1997	Closed September 2000
Manama	Bahrain	October 4, 1997	Open
Barcelona	Spain	November 10, 1997	Open
Memphis	United States	November 16, 1997	Relocated two blocks west in 2014[31]
Dubai	United Arab Emirates	December 13, 1997	Closed for relocation March 8, 2009
Philadelphia	United States	January 15, 1998	Open
Lima	Peru	February 20, 1998	Closed December 3, 2001. Relocated on December 2012.
Edinburgh	United Kingdom	March 28, 1998	Open
Guam	United States/Guam	May 10, 1998	Open
Ankara	Turkey	May 27, 1998	Closed February 8, 2002
Lake Tahoe	United States	June 30, 1998	Open
Cleveland	United States	July 2, 1998	Closed July 24, 2016[32]
Salt Lake City	United States	July 10, 1998	Closed December 7, 2008
Kona	United States	July 21, 1998	Closed July 21, 2008
Sharm el-Sheikh	Egypt	July 24, 1998	Open
San Diego	United States	July 28, 1998	Open
Saipan	Northern Mariana Islands, United States	August 18, 1998	Open
St. Louis	United States	August 24, 1998	Open
Denver	United States	November 5, 1998	Open
Guadalajara	Mexico	November 7, 1998	Closed October 2008
Rome	Italy	December 10, 1998	Open
Orlando	United States	December 11, 1998	Open
Amsterdam	Netherlands	March 20, 1999	Open
Indianapolis	United States	April 13, 1999	Open
Kobe	Japan	April 27, 1999	Closed December 31, 2003
Ft. Lauderdale	United States	July 7, 1999	Closed May 9, 2004. Relocated to Hollywood, FL
Gatlinburg	United States	September 5, 1999	Relocating to Pigeon Forge
Oasis	United Kingdom	April 14, 2000	Closed January 31, 2002
Fukuoka	Japan	April 26, 2000	Open (Relocated from Hawks Town Mall to JRJP Hakata Building at JR Hakata Station. Original location closed March 31, 2016. Re-opened April 27, 2016.[33][34])
Houston	United States	May 21, 2000	Open
Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	June 27, 2000	Closed for relocation July 25, 2011, Shop located at base of Corcovado currently
Manchester	United Kingdom	September 12, 2000	Open
Malta	Malta St. Julian's	November 25, 2000	Open
Osaka Universal	Japan	March 22, 2001	Open
Cairo	Egypt	May 4, 2001	Closed December 31, 2010
Belfast	United Kingdom	May 10, 2001	Closed September 25, 2004
Queenstown	New Zealand	May 28, 2001	Closed September 28, 2004
Managua	Nicaragua	May 2001	Closed December 2001
Osaka	Japan	September 14, 2001	Open
Bogotá	Colombia	October 1, 2001	Open
Pattaya	Thailand	October 15, 2001	Open
Birmingham	United Kingdom	November 19, 2001	Closed May 5, 2007
Phoenix	United States	February 25, 2002	Open
Austin	United States	February 27, 2002	Closed January 2, 2006
Munich	Germany	February 25, 2002	Open
Ueno-Eki	Japan	March 25, 2002	Open
Nottingham	United Kingdom	June 5, 2002	Closed November 12, 2007
Pittsburgh	United States	June 24, 2002	Open
San Francisco	United States	August 26, 2002	Open
Minneapolis	United States	September 12, 2002	Closed September 30, 2011
Leeds	United Kingdom	December 2, 2002	Closed July 2, 2007
Cologne	Germany	April 28, 2003	Open
Lisbon	Portugal	June 12, 2003	Open
Moscow	Russia	September 17, 2003	Open
Panama	Panama	September 8, 2004	Closed fall 2004
Cardiff	United Kingdom	October 13, 2003	Closed October 12, 2010
Nassau	Bahamas	October 21, 2003	Unauthorized location.[30] Relocated in June 2014.
Detroit	United States	November 10, 2003	Open
Malta	Malta Airport	February 1, 2004	Open
Catania	Italy	February 24, 2004	Closed November 2006
Hollywood FL	United States	May 11, 2004	Open
Louisville	United States	May 31, 2004	Open
Dublin	Ireland	June 29, 2004	Open
Destin	United States	July 2, 2004	Closed June 2014
Jakarta	Indonesia	July 2004	Relocation to Pacific Place to commence in April 2013
Foxwoods	United States	August 20, 2004	Open
MultiCentro	Panama	September 8, 2004	Closed September 2013. Re-opening in 2016.
Athens	Greece	September 14, 2004	Closed in 2014 and relocated in November 2015[35]
Hurghada	Egypt	November 12, 2004	Open
Kuwait	Kuwait	November 20, 2004	Closed, February 28, 2014
Gothenburg	Sweden	December 10, 2004	Open
Caracas	Venezuela	May 12, 2005	Open
New York	United States	August 12, 2005	Open
Playa del Inglés	Spain	December 2, 2005	Closed October 2009
Oslo	Norway	December 12, 2005	Open
Nova Lima	Brazil	December 23, 2005	Closed May 25, 2014
Malta	Malta Valletta	March 2, 2006	Open
Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	July 14, 2006	Open
Mumbai	India	September 12, 2006	Open
Narita	Japan	September 15, 2006	Closed August 2012
Ocho Rios	Jamaica	November 22, 2006	Closed February 3, 2011
Margarita	Venezuela	November 27, 2006	Open
Warsaw	Poland	February 8, 2007	Open
Biloxi	United States	July 1, 2007	Open
Boston	United States	July 2, 2007	Open
Punta Cana	Dominican Republic	July 2, 2007	Open
Fiji	Fiji	December 4, 2007	Open
Cartagena	Colombia	December 13, 2007	Open
Bengaluru	India	December 29, 2007	Open
Singapore Changi Airport	Singapore	January 9, 2008	Open
Bucharest	Romania	January 20, 2008	Open
Seoul	South Korea	April 8, 2008	Closed April 2009
Mallorca	Spain	November 29, 2008	Open
Aruba	Aruba, Netherlands	December 12, 2008	Open
Pune	India	January 11, 2009	Open
Yankee Stadium	United States	March 30, 2009	Open
Prague	Czech Republic	April 3, 2009	Open
Venice	Italy	April 9, 2009	Open
New Delhi	India	June 4, 2009	Open
Dallas	United States	July 15, 2009	Open
Las Vegas	United States	September 5, 2009	Open
Penang	Malaysia	September 15, 2009	Open
Hyderabad	India	September 21, 2009	Open
Marbella	Spain	October 30, 2009	Open
Phuket	Thailand	November 29, 2009	Open
Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	December 17, 2009	Open (rights owned by the Highlands Coffee conglomerate)
Seattle	United States	February 10, 2010	Open
Sentosa	Singapore	April 22, 2010	Open
Berlin	Germany	April 26, 2010	Open
Kraków	Poland	June 4, 2010	Open
Hollywood on Hollywood Blvd	United States	July 19, 2010	Open
Medellín	Colombia	September 3, 2010	Open
Honolulu	United States	November 22, 2010	Open
Glyfada	Greece	December 16, 2010	Closed October 10, 2012
Sint Maarten	Netherlands	December 20, 2010	Open
Tampa	United States	December 21, 2010	Open
Hong Kong at Lan Kwai Fong	Hong Kong	April 18, 2011	Open[36]
Florence	Italy	June 14, 2011	Open[37]
Sydney	Australia	July 8, 2011	Open
Costa Maya	Mexico	August 16, 2011	Closed (Prior to September 2012)
Hamburg	Germany	August 17, 2011	Open[38]
Dubai	United Arab Emirates	November 18, 2011	Open[39]
Sydney	Australia	December 6, 2011	Open
Budapest	Hungary	December 14, 2011	Open[40]
Macau	China	February 14, 2012	Open
New Buffalo, Michigan at Four Winds New Buffalo	United States	July 11, 2012	Open[41]
Brussels at Grand Place Brussels	Belgium	July 31, 2012	Open[42]
Nicosia	Cyprus	October 14, 2012	Closed May 21, 2013
Helsinki	Finland	October 15, 2012	Open
Lima	Peru	December 19, 2012	Open
Santiago	Chile	December 20, 2012	Open
Nabq	Egypt	December 28, 2012	Open
New Orleans	United States	December 29, 2012	Open
Jakarta	Indonesia	April 2013	Open
Malacca City	Malaysia	June 12, 2013	Open
Ibiza	Spain	July 2013	Open
Mumbai, Andheri West	India	August 2013	Open
Nice	France	November 2013	Open
Johannesburg	South Africa	November 2013[43]	Open
Kota Kinabalu	Malaysia	December 2014	Open[44]
San José	Costa Rica	June 2013	Open[44]
Guatemala City	Guatemala	2012	Open[44]
Istanbul	Turkey	2013	Open[45]
Santa Cruz de la Sierra	Bolivia	February 24, 2014	Open[44]
Tenerife	Spain	March 15, 2014	Open
Doha	Qatar	2015	Planned[44]
Glasgow	United Kingdom	November 2013	Open[46]
Northfield Park	United States	December 18, 2013	Open
Vienna	Austria	August 8, 2014	Open[47]
Gdańsk	Poland	July 6, 2014	Open
Anchorage	United States	June 28, 2014	Open[48]
Mall of America	United States	August 28, 2014	Open[49]
Siem Reap	Cambodia	2014	Open[50]
Podgorica	Montenegro	February 8, 2015	Open
Chennai	India	December 29, 2013	Closed
Daytona Beach	United States	2016	Planned[51]
Almaty	Kazakhstan	November 5, 2014	Open
Gurgaon	India	April 1, 2014	Open[44]
Pigeon Forge	United States	May 20, 2014	Open (This is a move from Gatlinburg)[44]
Seoul	Republic of Korea	October 22, 2014	Open[44]
Shanghai	China	2014	Open
Auckland	New Zealand	November 2016	Planned
Asuncion	Paraguay	December 2014	Open[52]
Playas del Coco	Costa Rica	June 27, 2015	Open
Marseille	France	November 30, 2014	Open
Curitiba	Brazil	May 28, 2015	Open
Port El Kantaoui	Tunisia	December 2015	Open
Porto	Portugal	November 20, 2016	Open
Lagos	Nigeria	December 19, 2015	Open
Koh Samui	Thailand	May 1, 2016	Open
Seville	Spain	May 17, 2016	Open
Tampa International Airport	United States	August 6, 2016	Open
Myrtle Beach	United States	October 7, 2016	Open
Antwerp	Belgium	2017	Planned
Ayia Napa	Cyprus	2016	Open
Baku	Azerbaijan	2016	Open
Hangzhou	China	2016	Open
Iguazu	Argentina	2016	Planned
Lyon	France	2016	Open
Shanghai	China	2016	Planned
Shenzhen	China	2016	Planned
Tbilisi	Georgia	2016	Open
Ulaanbaatar	Mongolia	2016	Planned
Ushuaia	Argentina	2016	Planned
Yangon	Myanmar	2016	Planned
Pretoria	South Africa	Template:Dts2016	Open
Chiang Mai	Thailand	2017	Planned
Valencia	Spain	2017	Planned
Montego Bay	Jamaica	2017	Planned[53]
Ciudad del Este	Paraguay	2017	Planned
Vatican City	Vatican City	2017	Planned
Milan	Italy	2017	Planned
Belgrade	Serbia	2017	Planned[54]
Wrocław	Poland	2017	Planned
Desaru	Malaysia	2017	Planned

See also

• Morrison Hotel
• Planet Hollywood
• Bubba Gump Shrimp Company Restaurant and Market
• Rainforest Cafe
• T-Rex Cafe
• Fashion Cafe

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External links

Media related to Hard Rock Cafe at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website
• Official Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Site
• Video review of the Hard Rock Cafe with on-site footage
• Video tour of the Hard Rock Hotel Singapore
• Hard Rock Memorabilia Gallery
• "Seattle welcomes Hard Rock Cafe"