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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.
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The original Hard Rock Cafe was founded in 1971 in London. In 1979, following the donation of guitars by Eric Clapton and Pete Townshend, the cafe began covering its walls with rock and roll memorabilia. Today, this pioneering theme restaurant chain has some 185 locations in 74 countries.
In 1987, he sold this restaurant group (President Entertainments; 70 restaurants) to a larger company, Pleasurama PLC. [5] [6] For Pleasurama, Earl acquired control of Hard Rock Cafe International (eastern rights company) from co-founder Isaac Tigrett then in 1989 named as chief executive of the company. [6]
On June 14, 1971, he and Peter Morton started the first Hard Rock Café (HRC) restaurant in London's fashionable Mayfair district. The restaurant combined rock music, memorabilia related to rock 'n' roll and American cuisine. The cafe-music-museum concept became very popular and soon the restaurant opened units in different parts of the globe.
Construction work in progress, December 2018. The resort currently has a 12-story "classic Hard Rock Hotel" [7] with 469 guest rooms and suites. [8] Guests are greeted by a 50-foot (15 m) tall signature Hard Rock guitar, (based on a Gibson electric guitar model) at the entrance of the hotel, along with a massive LED advertising screen at the front of the main parking garage.
The first Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill restaurants opened in 2005 in Oklahoma, [3] Keith's native state, in Oklahoma City and at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tulsa. Restaurants at the Chickasaw Nation's WinStar World Casino in Thackerville, [4] Oklahoma and in Las Vegas, Nevada, soon followed.
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa is a gaming complex and hotel that opened in 2004. It is located on the Tampa Reservation off of Interstate 4 , just east of Tampa, Florida . The 190,000 square foot casino has been expanded multiple times since its opening.