Hard Rock Cafe and Hard Rock Live are situated in a 140,000-square-foot building designed as a retro interpretation of the Roman Colloseum. The openning and the first concert (Glenn Frey and Joe Walsh) took place on January 29, 1999. Hard Rock Cafe

Inside this restaurant of the popular dining chain you'll find an amazing collection of memorabilia from the early roots of rock 'n' roll right up to today's "Orlando boy bands" like 'N Sync and the Backstreet Boys.

The collections periodically rotate from restaurant to restaurant, but items currently on display include the famous costumes from KISS, an authentic Jimi Hendrix guitar, the original doors to the Abbey Road studio where the Beatles recorded their hit songs, as well as bricks from The Cavern Club in Liverpool where the Beatles performed before becoming famous.

Hard Rock Live Orlando, a 3,000-capacity concert venue, showcases music from local artists to national and international acts and features a wide variety of musical styles.

Hard Rock Live has multiple seating configurations, six full-service bars, state-of-the future sound, light and video technology with two 10x10 video walls flanking each side of the stage.