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Key facts
- Company type
- Private
- Industry
- Casual dining restaurants
- Founded
- June 14, 1971 ; 54 years ago ( 1971-06-14 ) , London , England
- Founders
- Isaac Tigrett , Peter Morton
- Headquarters
- Davie, Florida , U.S.
- Number of locations
- 165 restaurants
- Owner
- Hard Rock International ( Seminole Tribe of Florida )
- Website
- hardrock .com
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Encyclopedic overview
Hard Rock Cafe, Inc. is a chain of theme bar-restaurants, memorabilia shops, casinos, hotels 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. The Hard Rock Cafe chain continues to be owned by Hard Rock International.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hard Rock Cafe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.