Seminoles love to rock

Native Americans continue to integrate into American capitalism. Err something.


Champagne cork
Carbide and Carbon building, 1929, Burnham Brothers. Of all things, this is now a Hard Rock Cafe hotel. Oh well, at least they didn't demolish it.

www.hardrock.com/corporate/press/content.aspx?id=35

Exit, Zimmerman
Bob Dylan floor at the Hard Rock Hotel, Chicago

Dylan memorobilia Hard Rock
Bob Dylan floor at the Hard Rock Hotel, Chicago Seminole Tribe of Fla. Buying Hard Rock | Chicago Tribune

The Seminole Tribe of Florida is buying the Hard Rock business, including its massive collection of rock 'n' roll memorabilia, in a $965 million deal with British casino and hotel company Rank Group PLC, the tribe announced Thursday.

The Hard Rock business includes 124 Hard Rock Cafes, four Hard Rock Hotels, two Hard Rock Casino Hotels, two Hard Rock Live! concert venues, and stakes in three unbranded hotels. With it, the tribe acquires what is said to be the world's largest collection of rock memorabilia, some 70,000 pieces including Jimi Hendrix's Flying V guitar, one of Madonna's bustiers, a pair of Elton John's high-heeled shoes and guitars formerly owned by Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and Chuck Berry.

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