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Hard Rock Cafe Boston Clinton Street Closure Led to 44 Layoffs

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EMPLOYEES AFFECTED
44
SHARE OF WORKFORCE
~0.4%
EFFECTIVE DATE
Jun 26, 2022
44 OF 10,000 EMPLOYEES

What we know

Location: Boston, MA.

Based on news reporting.

Summary

The article reports that Hard Rock Cafe permanently closed its Clinton Street Boston location on June 26, 2022, a lease-related closure that resulted in 44 employee layoffs. The closure ended 15 years of operation at that downtown address and contributed to a 33-year overall run for the Hard Rock brand in Boston. The piece primarily covers Sloomoo Institute taking over the former Hard Rock Cafe space and provides background context on the restaurant's history and the resulting staff layoffs tied to the 2022 closure. No further department-level details or additional layoff rounds for Hard Rock Cafe are mentioned.

Hard Rock Cafe cut 44 jobs in MA as of June 26, 2022.

That is roughly 0.4% of the 10,000 people Hard Rock Cafe employs.

LayoffTalk has tracked 2 layoff events at Hard Rock Cafe since June 2022, including 55 jobs documented in official WARN filings, with 1 additional event known from news reporting.

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Hard Rock Cafe
Consumer Discretionary · 10,000 employees
2
EVENTS TRACKED
55
JOBS IN WARN FILINGS
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CREATED OCT 18, 2026LAST UPDATED OCT 18, 2026