The House of Blues is a chain of music halls and restaurants founded in 1992 by Hard Rock Cafe founder House of Blues tickets Isaac Tigrett and his friend and investor Dan Aykroyd. It is a home for live music and southern-inspired cuisine, whose clubs celebrate African-American culture, specifically blues music and folk art. The House of Blues tickets charter HOB in Harvard Square which opened its doors on Thanksgiving Day 1992 has since closed (although House of Blues tickets the original hands-in-concrete driveway still remains on the property), but plans are in the works to House of Blues tickets reopen in Boston in a larger venue. Jim Belushi is also closely associated with the enterprise and is House of Blues tickets present at most openings. James Cafarelli designed and built all the Houses of Blues except the most House of Blues tickets recent two.
HOB has expanded into the casino business, working with Harrah's Entertainment to open a club in the House of Blues tickets Showboat Hotel-Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey. In November, 2006, Mohegan Sun in Connecticut House of Blues tickets announced that their Project Horizon expansion would include a hotel expansion featuring 300 House of House of Blues tickets Blues themed hotel rooms, as well as a House of Blues music venue with seating for 1,500 people. The House of Blues tickets project is expected to be completed in 2010.
The franchise has expanded to a number of major American cities. The location in the Los Angeles Sunset House of Blues tickets Strip (actually in West Hollywood) is said to be lined with tinfoil from the house where Robert Johnson House of Blues tickets supposedly sold his soul to the devil. All the unique decorations and design is credited to Cafarelli who House of Blues tickets is a restaurateur in New England and has designed and built over 250 different restaurants and clubs all across the country.
Current locations: Cleveland, Ohio; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; New Orleans, House of Blues tickets Louisiana; West Hollywood, California; San Diego, California; two venues on casino property including Las House of Blues tickets Vegas, Nevada (at Mandalay Bay) and Atlantic City, New Jersey (at the Showboat Casino); two venues on House of Blues tickets Disney property, one at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and one at Disneyland in Anaheim, House of Blues tickets California. (Disney was at one time a partial shareholder, according to DisneyWar by James B. Stewart.) House of Blues tickets The Chicago location is adjacent to The House of Blues Hotel, which is managed by Gemstone Resorts International, LLC
Plans for the immediate future call for locations in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (set to open in 2006) and House of Blues tickets two locations in Texas: Dallas and Houston. Plans for a House of Blues in Washington, D.C. have met with House of Blues tickets opposition, with detractors likening the House of Blues chain to national big-box chain stores such as House of Blues tickets Wal-Mart, Home Depot and Borders.
On July 5, 2006, it was announced that Live Nation bought House of Blues. The deal should close by the end of the year.
Online House of Blues in Las Vegas Las Vegas Tickets