Hard Rock International recently announced that after thirty five years the company had finally managed to unite all its properties under a single entity, which will now enable the iconic brand to streamline their services and ensure that world class standards and customer service are delivered across all their properties. The Hard Rock International brand is present in 71 countries and has more than 160 Hard Rock Cafes, 11 casinos and 23 hotels.

The Seminole Tribe of Florida which owns the Hard Rock International confirmed that it had entered into an agreement with BREF HR and acquired casinos and hotel-casinos located in Minnesota and on the west side of the Mississippi River. BREF HR is an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management, a real estate management firm. The contract will give the Hard Rock International control over BREF HR’s current licensees which include the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City.

Hard Rock International hired Barclays as its financial advisor, Greenberg Traurig, P.A. as its legal advisor and Fox Rothschild, LLP as its special gaming counsel to complete the acquisition while BREF HR, LLC hired Debevoise & Plimpton LLP as its legal counsel.

This acquisition will now enable Hard Rock Sioux City to open up a Hard Rock Café and will also give the property access to the vast inventory of Hard Rock International’s music collection which has more than 81,000 unique memorabilia and is officially the world’s most iconic and largest collection. The Hard Rock Sioux City property has a 30, 000 square foot gaming floor, a Hard Rock-branded hotel with 60 rooms, a number of food and beverage facilities and a live entertainment venue. SCE Partners which is an affiliate of Warner Gaming LLC will continue to operate the Hard Rock Sioux City.

In a statement, Todd Moyer, general manager of Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Sioux City said “This closer relationship opens up a lot of new opportunities for us, from access to a more robust collection of memorabilia to connecting with our new sister properties in countries across the globe. And if one of our guests wants to visit one of our more than 200 sister properties around the globe, we will make the introduction.”

The acquisition will allow Hard Rock International to exclusively own, develop, license, manage and franchise all Hotel-Casinos and Hard Rock Casinos overseas which includes Brazil, Venezuela, Australia, Israel and British Columbia. The acquisition also gives Hard Rock International control over Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa, Oklahoma; Hard Rock Casino Vancouver and the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Lake Tahoe, Nevada. BREF HR LLC will retain ownership and operate the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas.