The Hard Rock Cafe thread...
#76

Join Date: Jun 2006
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We just happened to be at the new HRC at Narita City Japan the day before it opened. Seems like an odd place to have an HRC but as an afterthought, there sure was a lot of foreigners killing time in the city as they waited for there flight. Probably a very astute move on HRC's part.
#77


Join Date: May 2006
Location: CGK & PBI
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Posts: 3,320
And another story, with analysis, from public radio's Marketplace business program:
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/s...200612073.html
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/s...200612073.html

Especially since the whole chain sold for less than a billion dollar. While that is indeed a lot of money but Peter Morton, the original owner of HRC (before the Rank group) sold ONE Hard Rock Cafe in Vegas for $770 million.
The Seminole Tribe definitely got a great deal!
#78


Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Houston
Programs: Hilton Diamond, Southwest A List, United Silver, Jumeirah One Silver, Marriott Silver
Posts: 391
Domestic:
Washington DC
San Antonio
Dallas
Houston
Chicago
Stayed at Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas
International:
Madrid
Guam
Mexico City
drnp
Washington DC
San Antonio
Dallas
Houston
Chicago
Stayed at Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas
International:
Madrid
Guam
Mexico City
drnp
#79
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Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: in the vicinity of SFO
Programs: AA 2MM (LT-PLT, PPro for this year)
Posts: 19,784
Ones I've been to:
US (no particular order):
San Francisco (old Van Ness, and new - not nearly as friendly - Pier 39 location)
New York City (57th st)
Las Vegas
Boston
Outside the US, in order of visit:
Sydney
London
Paris
Edinburgh
Pattaya
Bangkok
Singapore
Got T-shirts at all of the international locations except Pattaya; only NYC and Las Vegas for the US ones. I've also got a HRC Tel Aviv T-shirt - never been, but it ended up in mixed up laundry back in college.
San Francisco (old Van Ness, and new - not nearly as friendly - Pier 39 location)
New York City (57th st)
Las Vegas
Boston
Outside the US, in order of visit:
Sydney
London
Paris
Edinburgh
Pattaya
Bangkok
Singapore
Got T-shirts at all of the international locations except Pattaya; only NYC and Las Vegas for the US ones. I've also got a HRC Tel Aviv T-shirt - never been, but it ended up in mixed up laundry back in college.
#84
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Georgia and Manila, PH
Programs: NW Gold Elite, DL, HH, Victoria Court Select Member
Posts: 637
I don't feel like such a nerd knowing I'm not so alone in collecting HRC shirts.
I've picked them up them from:
International
Manila - Anyone else been to this one?
Hong Kong
Jakarta
Bangkok
Tokyo
Domestic
Atlanta
Gatlinburg
Nashville
Chicago
Washington D.C.
Orlando
Minneapolis
I think I'm forgetting one or two but thats already a decent list...
Is there a thead like this for Hooters???
I've picked them up them from:
International
Manila - Anyone else been to this one?
Hong Kong
Jakarta
Bangkok
Tokyo
Domestic
Atlanta
Gatlinburg
Nashville
Chicago
Washington D.C.
Orlando
Minneapolis
I think I'm forgetting one or two but thats already a decent list...
Is there a thead like this for Hooters???
Last edited by viking407rob; May 25, 2007 at 8:54 am
#85
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Location: El Paso, TX, USA
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#86

Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Austin, TX -- AA Life Platinum; QF Life Silver; UA Silver
Posts: 5,467
Shirts!
I'm such a HRC shirt geek. I should switch to pins, as my closet is getting full. 
I have been to the following:
Bahrain
Cancun
Hong Kong - Peak
Hong Kong - Kowloon
Atlanta
St Thomas
Dallas
Buenos Aires
Bangkok
Chicago
San Antonio
London
Denver
San Francisco
Maui
Sydney
Tokyo
Edinburgh
Lisbon
St. Louis
Moscow
Surfer's Paradise (Australia)
Queenstown (New Zealand)
Montreal
San Diego
New Orleans
Las Vegas
Cape Town
Johannesburg (fake)
Shanghai
Beijing
New York
Madrid
Honolulu
Paris
Boston
Nairobi (fake)

I have been to the following:
Bahrain
Cancun
Hong Kong - Peak
Hong Kong - Kowloon
Atlanta
St Thomas
Dallas
Buenos Aires
Bangkok
Chicago
San Antonio
London
Denver
San Francisco
Maui
Sydney
Tokyo
Edinburgh
Lisbon
St. Louis
Moscow
Surfer's Paradise (Australia)
Queenstown (New Zealand)
Montreal
San Diego
New Orleans
Las Vegas
Cape Town
Johannesburg (fake)
Shanghai
Beijing
New York
Madrid
Honolulu
Paris
Boston
Nairobi (fake)
#87
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 13,144
I don't feel like such a nerd now that I knowing I'm not so alone in collecting HRC shirts.
I've picked them up them from:
International
Manila - Anyone else been to this one?
Hong Kong
Jakarta
Bangkok
Tokyo
Domestic
Atlanta
Gatlinburg
Nashville
Chicago
Washington D.C.
Orlando
Minneapolis
I think I'm forgetting one or two but thats already a decent list...
Is there a thead like this for Hooters???
I've picked them up them from:
International
Manila - Anyone else been to this one?
Hong Kong
Jakarta
Bangkok
Tokyo
Domestic
Atlanta
Gatlinburg
Nashville
Chicago
Washington D.C.
Orlando
Minneapolis
I think I'm forgetting one or two but thats already a decent list...
Is there a thead like this for Hooters???

#88
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: YEG
Programs: HH Silver
Posts: 57,018
My HRC T-shirt/shirt collection (includes now defunct locations):
Edmonton
Vancouver
Toronto Skydome
Houston
Las Vegas
Hollywood
Honolulu
San Diego
Washington, DC
New York
New Orleans
Kona
Cancun
Puerto Vallarta
Edinburgh
Berlin
Munich
Amsterdam
Madrid
Rome
London
Mykonos
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Kuala Lumpur
Sydney
Singapore
Cairo
My fave is a midnight blue Honolulu T with a fairly plain front but on the back a guitar surrounded with white flames and the "Pray For Surf" motto around the edge. ^
I see Bucharest is getting one in June, which is a few months before I arrive on my cheap NW tkt. ^ I'm also stopping for 8 hours in Houston, so will probably get into the Houston HRC and get another shirt rather than sit at the airport.
Edmonton
Vancouver
Toronto Skydome
Houston
Las Vegas
Hollywood
Honolulu
San Diego
Washington, DC
New York
New Orleans
Kona
Cancun
Puerto Vallarta
Edinburgh
Berlin
Munich
Amsterdam
Madrid
Rome
London
Mykonos
Hong Kong
Tokyo
Kuala Lumpur
Sydney
Singapore
Cairo
My fave is a midnight blue Honolulu T with a fairly plain front but on the back a guitar surrounded with white flames and the "Pray For Surf" motto around the edge. ^
I see Bucharest is getting one in June, which is a few months before I arrive on my cheap NW tkt. ^ I'm also stopping for 8 hours in Houston, so will probably get into the Houston HRC and get another shirt rather than sit at the airport.
Last edited by tcook052; Feb 17, 2007 at 9:23 pm
#90
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: YEG
Programs: HH Silver
Posts: 57,018
The funny thing is I haven't gone more than a few km's out of my way to get any of the HRC clothing as they've all been on my or my immediate family's holidays. And I'd rather have HRC than some generic touristy variety of T-shirt as a souvenir.



