Tampa Bay Rays Baseball owns and operates Florida's Gulf Coast baseball franchise. Founded as the Devil Rays, the franchise was originally awarded to a group led by local businessman Vincent Naimoli and joined joined Major League Baseball in 1998 as an expansion franchise along with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Playing host at Tampa's Tropicana Field, the team earned its first ever American League Pennant in 2008. (The Rays fell to the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series, however.) CEO Stuart Sternberg leads a management group that purchased control of the team in 2004.

Monical Pizza operates and franchises more than 60 pizza parlors in the Midwest under the name Monical's Pizza. The chain's menu features Monical's signature thin crust pizza, which is available with a variety of toppings. Monical's Pizza also serves pasta dishes, sandwiches, and starters. Most of the pizzerias are located in central Illinois; the chain has a handful of locations in Indiana and Wisconsin. An investment group led by chairman Harry Bond has controlled the business since 1982. Monical Pizza namesake Ralph Monical started the pizza chain in 1959.

The innocuous name belies the provocative nature of Galardi South Enterprises. Galardi South Enterprises, Inc. operates a small chain nightclubs featuring live adult entertainment in Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina. Operating under such names as Crazy Horse, Gold Rush, and Pink Pony, the clubs offer special shows with adult entertainment stars, female wrestling, and exotic dancing contests. President and owner Jack Galardi entered the nightclub business in the 1970s and formed Galardi South in 1996.

Maybe for this company, down-home eating means home on the range. Formerly Metromedia Steakhouses, Homestyle Dining operates and franchises about 250 steak buffet restaurants under the names Ponderosa and Bonanza. The family-dining spots offer a variety of beef, chicken, seafood entrees along with an all-you-can-eat buffet of appetizers, sides, and dessert items. The restaurants operate in about two dozen states, mostly in the eastern half of the US; the company also has about 50 international locations. Homestyle Dining, which emerged from bankruptcy in 2009, is a subsidiary of Metromedia Company, a holding company controlled by billionaire John Kluge.

Consolidated Restaurant Operations, Inc. (CRO) operates more than 84 full-service and 33 franchise restaurants located in 12 states. CRO employs approximately 6,000 full and part-time employees. CRO has been named the 70th largest private company in the Dallas-Fort Worth area (home to more than 16 "Fortune 500" companies and 4.8 million residents). Our brands include El Chico, Good Eats, Cantina Laredo, Luckys Café, Silver Fox Steakhouse, III Forks Steakhouse, and Cool River Café. We serve more than 14 million meals annually! Looking to the future, CRO's goal is to continue growing at the fastest pace possible without ever compromising our guests' satisfaction.

Parques Reunidos is one of Europe's leading leisure firms, attracting more than 25 million visitors annually to its amusement parks. The company operates amusement parks, animal parks, and water parks in countries throughout Europe, as well as in Argentina and the US. Holdings include the flagship Parque de Atracciones and the Zoo Aquarium (both in Madrid), and the parks of US-based Kennywood Entertainment. Parques Reunidos, S.A. is owned by European private equity firm Candover Investments.

Founded in 1960, Domino's Pizza is the recognized world leader in pizza delivery operating a network of company-owned and franchise-owned stores in the United States and international markets. Domino's Pizza's Vision illustrates a company of exceptional people on a mission to be the best pizza delivery company in the world. To learn more about Domino's, please visit the links we've provided at the top of the page.

Time traveling DeLoreans, great white sharks, and dinosaurs are just part of a normal day at Universal Parks & Resorts. Universal Parks & Resorts operates the Universal Studios Hollywood movie-themed amusement park and resort. It also operates Universal Orlando and Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. The parks feature attractions based on movies from sister studio Universal Pictures such as Back to the Future, Jaws, and "Jurassic Park. " They also house hotels, IMAX theaters, and water parks. The Hollywood and Orlando parks contain CityWalks, family-oriented entertainment centers with restaurants and shopping. The company is owned by Universal Studios (itself part of NBC Universal) and private equity firm The Blackstone Group.

The mission of the NJSEA is for the state, its citizens, and guests to reap the entertainment and economic benefits from the Authority facilities for generations. The NJSEA will provide the world’s best in sports and entertainment. We will represent the citizens of New Jersey in a manner that makes all residents of the Garden State proud. The NJSEA will invest in its facilities to ensure a positive impact on job creation and tourism, throughout the 21st Century. "The NJSEA's mission is for the State, its citizens, and the guests to reap the entertainment and economic benefits from Authority facilities and events for generations to come."

Nordic Panorama PLC was founded in 1990 and is based in London, the United Kingdom. Nordic Panorama Plc, through its subsidiaries, develops and operates leisure resorts principally in Norway. It engages in the operation and development of season’s holiday destination in Telemark. Nordic Panorama PLC company’s activities comprise operation of the Vradal Panorama ski resort and property development in terms of plot sales, and the construction and sales of chalets and cabins within the resort area. It also involves in winter and summer outdoor activities, such as operating ski lifts; operating service facilities, such as restaurants, bars, ski/bike rental, ski schools, and a shop; provision of boat rental services; and organizing hunting and fishing.

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