The management of Hard Rock Cafe International (USA), Inc. colluded with the successful bidder for the restaurant and hotel/casino chain, according to Power Plant Entertainment, LLC was the developer of the Seminole Tribe's 2004, and was pivotal in securing the license of the Hard Rock brand for The suit also names as defendant Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment, Inc, a sovereign immunity, operating hotels, cafes and casinos throughout the U.S.
and internationally, and accepting the assets of the purchase of Hard Rock. offers to purchase Hard Rock from RANK," states the lawsuit, which was filed late Friday in Broward County Florida Circuit Court. "Defendants agreed, conspired and combined to eliminate, reduce or interfere with competition between themselves, Plaintiffs, and others (1) by precluding Plaintiffs and price on Hard Rock by eliminating, reducing or interfering with competition.
" The suit also discloses that Baltimore-based Cordish, Power Plant and its banker Goldman Sachs Co. sought to bid for the Hard Rock and were refused bid documents by Rank's banker Merrill Lynch, even though they were capable in excess of the accepted offer, if provided access to the documents necessary to complete its due diligence," the lawsuit states. "If Defendants had not interfered with Plaintiffs' right to bid, Plaintiffs would have provided such a bid and prevailed on the bidding to purchase Hard Rock.
" The Cordish Company is a major developer of hotel, casino and retail/entertainment projects, several of which are anchored by Hard Rock Cafes, including in Baltimore, Louisville, KY, Houston and Texas, in addition to Florida. The only developer to win six prestigious Urban Land Institute Awards for Excellence, the Company has developed major national entertainment, dining and tourist destinations in Houston, Baltimore, Atlantic City, and Charleston, SC. It has major projects currently under development in Kansas City, St.
Louis, Toronto, and Atlantic City. Casinos in Tampa and Hollywood, FL, which have become the most profitable gaming properties in the U.S.
Power Plant Entertainment is a partnership between Cordish and Coastal Development, LLC, the prominent New York-based The lawsuit discloses that on September 1, 2006 and September 7, 2006, offering documents, and that Rank would not consider a bid from Cordish. The lawsuit explains that, "Hard Rock management generally, and Mr.
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