Italian cooking and casual dining are two things that excite this company. Fired Up operates and franchises more than 140 Carino's Italian Grill restaurants in more than 25 states. The full-service eateries offer pizza and freshly prepared pasta along with beef, chicken and pork dishes inspired by the cuisine of Southern Italy. The company owns about half the restaurants and franchises the rest; a handful of franchised Carino's units are located in Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, and United Arab Emirates. Fired Up was founded in 1997 by partners and former Brinker International executives Norman Abdallah and Creed Ford. The company is backed by private equity firm Rosewood Capital.

Circus and Eldorado Joint Venture was founded in 1995. Circus and Eldorado Joint Venture, doing business as Silver Legacy Resort Casino, owns and operates Silver Legacy Resort Casino, a nineteenth century silver mining themed hotel-casino and entertainment complex in Reno, Nevada. Circus and Eldorado Joint Venture company offers slot machines and table games. Its amenities include hotel, restaurants, bars, retail shops, exercise and spa facilities, a beauty salon, and an outdoor swimming pool and sundeck. Circus and Eldorado Joint Venture company’s customers include free and independent travelers, preferred casino customers, convention groups, local patrons, and wholesale/specialty and Internet groups. As of December 31, 2009, it operated 1,506 slot machines; 63 table games; and 1,709 guest rooms, including 141 player spa suites, 8 penthouse suites, and 7 hospitality suites.

Famous luminaries wax but seldom wane, thanks to this company. Tussauds Attractions Operations operates the famed Madame Tussauds wax museums known for their wax representations of celebrities including Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson, Nelson Mandela, Ronald Reagan, and of course, several members of the British Royal Family. In addition to its famous London musuem, the company has museums in New York, Las Vegas, Washington, DC, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. The Tussauds Group is owned by The Blackstone Group and operates as part of Merlin Entertainments Group, one of Europe's largest amusement park companies.

Serving breakfast foods and baked goods takes first place with this company. American Blue Ribbon Holdings (ABR) is a leading multi-concept restaurant operator with more than 300 company-owned and franchised family dining establishments operating under the Village Inn and Bakers Square brands. Serving mostly the Midwest and Rocky Mountain states, its flagship Village Inn chain with more than 200 locations is well-known for its breakfast menu and selection of baked goods. The company's Bakers Square chain is best known for its pies and other baked goods, but the eateries also serve soups and sandwiches. Formed in 2009, ABR is owned by affiliates of Fidelity National Financial and Providence Equity Partners.

The American Hockey League is a minor league sports organization that serves as a farm system for the National Hockey League. Each of its 29 teams is affiliated with at least one professional franchise, providing a training ground for young players and offering a reserve roster of players who can be called up to the NHL. Established in 1936, the league has teams located throughout the US and in Canada. It regulates franchise ownership and oversees such business operations as sponsorships and marketing. The AHL season runs from October through April, followed by a playoff for the Calder Cup championship trophy.

Arena Leisure is one of the country's largest racetrack operators with seven racetracks across the UK that welcome half a million visitors annually. Arena Leisure Plc and other track operators also partner with BSkyB to operate At The Races, which broadcasts horse-racing meets to viewers throughout the UK and Ireland; races from venues in other countries are also broadcast on At The Races. Arena Leisure Plc stages a quarter of the horse races held in the UK. It also takes in revenue via its catering services and renting out its 10 large TV screens throughout its facilities. Arena Leisure was formed in 1997.

This company has gotten ahead in the restaurant business by holding on to a bit of the past. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store owns and operates more than 590 of its flagship restaurants known for their country kitsch, rustic decor, and down-home cooking. The eateries, located in more than 40 states, offer mostly standard American fare, such as chicken, ham, and roast beef dishes, but they are most popular as breakfast spots. Each Cracker Barrel location features a retail area where patrons can buy hand-blown glassware, cast iron cookware, and woodcrafts, as well as jellies and old-fashioned candies. Most of the restaurants are found along interstate highways and target hungry travelers.

Here's a motel you can find in the dark. With its homey advertising tag line, "We'll leave the light on for you," Motel 6 is the established economy lodging chain, with some 1,000 locations in the US and Canada. The brand caters primarily to families and other budget-minded travelers with a limited selection of amenities, including cable TV, free local calling, and complimentary coffee in the morning. It also has an extended-stay offshoot brand, Studio 6, which caters more to business travelers, providing larger suites equipped with kitchens. Motel 6 is the flagship budget brand of Accor North America.

You might say this team is now a curse on the other clubs in Major League Baseball. Boston Red Sox Baseball Club operates one of the oldest and most storied sports franchises. Founded as a charter member of the American League in 1901, the team owns seven World Series titles but at one time suffered through an 86-year championship drought popularly attributed to "The Curse of the Bambino." Boston broke The Curse in 2004 and then won its seventh championship three years later. Red Sox fans root for their home team at venerable Fenway Park, the oldest pro baseball stadium in the country. Businessman John Henry leads a group that has owned the Red Sox franchise since 2002.The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of the Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in 1901 as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912. The "Red Sox" name was chosen by the team owner, John I. Taylor, around 1908, following previous Boston teams that had been known as the "Red Stockings".

Calgary Flames Limited Partnership owns and operates the Calgary Flames professional hockey franchise, which joined the National Hockey League in 1972 as the Atlanta Flames. Since relocating to Alberta, Canada, the team has earned three trips to the Stanley Cup Finals (its last in 2004) and won its only championship title in 1989. Calgary plays host at Pengrowth Saddledome. Chairman N. Murray Edwards leads an ownership group that includes oil and gas executive Harley Hotchkiss and Canadian Natural Resources chairman Allan Markin.

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