Comcast Spectacor keeps the testosterone flowing in the City of Brotherly Love. The sports and entertainment company owns and operates both the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team and the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team, along with the city's Wachovia Center and Wachovia Spectrum arenas. Comcast Spectacor also owns event and facility management firm Global Spectrum and Ovations Food Services, a contract foodservices provider and concessions operator. Other operations include New Era Tickets and figure skating promoter Disson Skating. Cable giant Comcast owns 66% of the company; chairman and founder Ed Snider leads the minority owners.

Technifex is a world leader in the design, engineering and fabrication of unique show and special effects systems for theme parks, water parks, casinos, trade shows, special events, retail centers, theaters and many other industries. We have developed and produced hundreds of entertainment systems and shows, including major attractions for Disneyland, Universal Studios, Paramount Parks, Fox Studios Australia, Mattel, AT&T, Harrah’s Hotels & Resorts, MGM Grand Hotel (Las Vegas), and Audubon Institute in New Orleans, just to name a few. We provide our services and products globally and have created major architectural and show systems for resort hotels, casinos and theme parks in Canada, Japan, Korea, Singapore, China, England, Germany, Russia and many other countries.

Tatts Group is a leading lottery operator that runs games across the country through contracts with state governments. Under its Tatts Pokies brand, the company operates nearly 14,000 gaming machines at about 250 venues in Victoria. It also runs lotteries under the names Golden Casket, Maxgaming, and Tattersall's. Internationally, Tatts operates lotteries in Europe and South Africa. In addition to lotteries, the company offers wagering and fixed odds betting under the UNiTAB and CentreRacing banners and its Bytecraft Systems provides repairs, service, and management of gaming, lottery, retail, and banking equipment.

Burnley Football Club might have been a side-switcher at first, but has been true blue (or, rather, true claret and blue) ever since. Originally formed as a rugby club, the team in 1882 switched sports to become the Burnley Football Club and moved to its Turf Moor stadium grounds shortly thereafter. Burnley FC is nicknamed the Clarets, and also known as the Claret and Blue. It currently plays football (soccer) in the English Football League Championship (formerly known as Division 1). Turf Moor has a capacity of about 22,600. Burnley FC sells a variety of team merchandise through its official Web site store.

As a leading provider of state-of-the-art integrated gaming systems to lottery organizations worldwide, INTRALOT delivers cutting edge game content, network integration, transaction processing and value added services, ensuring efficient, secure and profitable operations for our customers. Based on our expertise, know how and substantial experience, we design, develop, operate and support custom-made gaming solutions, including numerical, video and sports lotteries, as well as fixed odds betting, pari-mutuel wagering, and instant lottery games.

R&B Realty Group and Worldwide Corporate Housing (doing business as Oakwood Worldwide) provides housing where customers are free to fly the coop. R&B Realty Group company provides temporary furnished apartments and extended-stay lodging. It has more than 20,000 residences in 4,000 locations throughout North America, Europe, and Asia operating through several brands. Its Oakwood Corporate Housing maintains leases on residential units, and Oakwood Apartments offers both furnished and unfurnished units. Its Oakwood Residences brand supplements apartment life with the services of a hotel. R&B Realty Group company offers upscale, luxury apartments through its Oakwood Premier brand. Oakwood was founded in 1962 by chairman and CEO Howard Ruby.

Cajun meets Tex-Mex meets Pacific meets a whole lot of mouths at Z'Tejas. The company operates about 10 Z'Tejas Grill locations in about a half dozen Western states that specialize in Southwestern fusion cuisine, including such items as Voodoo Tuna, margaritas, Crispy Catfish Beignets, margaritas, Miso Salmon, and, yes, margaritas. Serial restaurateur Paul Fleming (who started P. F. Chang's China Bistro), Larry Foles, and Guy Villavaso, fraternity brothers at Louisiana State University, opened the first Z'Tejas in Austin, Texas, in 1989. Villavaso and Foles continue to own the company.

Arizona Professional Baseball owns and operates the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball franchise. The team joined Major League Baseball as a National League expansion franchise in 1998 and enjoyed early success, reaching the postseason in its second year and winning the World Series in 2001. The Diamondbacks play host at the state-of-the-art Chase Field, which features a retractable roof, air-conditioning, and a swimming pool in the outfield stands. A group led by former computer industry executive and Datatel founder Ken Kendrick has controlled the team since 2004.Between 1940 and 1990, Phoenix jumped from the 99th largest city in the nation to the 9th largest; currently 5th largest today. As such, it was frequently mentioned as a possible location for either a new or relocated MLB franchise. Baseball had a rich tradition in Arizona long before talk of bringing a big-league team even started. The state has been a frequent spring training site since 1946. With the large number of people relocating to the state from the Midwest and the Northeast, as well as from California, many teams (most notably the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers) have normally had large followings in Arizona.

USA Track & Field (USATF) has its membership on the run -- and the discus, shot-put, decathlon, and javelin. The group is the governing body for track and field sports, long distance running, and race walking in the US. It has about 100,000 members and sanctions more than 4,000 events a year; member groups include the NCAA, Road Runners Club of America, and the National Federation of State High School Associations. The organization sets rules, promotes the sport, and selects the US track and field Olympic teams. Its nearly 60 associations direct 2,500 local clubs. USATF traces its heritage to the Amateur Athletic Union, founded in New York City in 1878.

Hicks Sports Group Holdings is the holding company formed by Texas billionaire Thomas Hicks to oversee his interests in the Texas Rangers professional baseball team (which it is selling) and the Dallas Stars hockey team. The company also owns a 50% stake in Center Operating Company, a joint venture with Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban that runs the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Other interests include a chain of ice-skating rinks operating under the Dr. Pepper StarCenter name, real estate developments, and Hicks Sports Marketing.

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