Red Lion Hotels Corporation was founded in 1937. Red Lion Hotels Corporation (RLH) is a hospitality and leisure company primarily engaged in the ownership, operation and franchising of midscale and upscale, full service hotels under its Red Lion brand. The Red Lion brand is associated with three star full and select service hotels. As of December 31, 2009, its system of hotels contained 45 hotels located in eight states and one Canadian province, with 8,671 rooms and 431,244 square feet of meeting space. Red Lion Hotels Company operates in three segments: hotels, franchise and entertainment segment.

The Bistro Group was formed in 1989 by the Ruth & Robert Conway Family along with long time business partner and friend, Karl Davis. Their original acquisition has grown to 31 T.G.I. Friday’s® Restaurants and 5 McAlister’s Delis over the past 20 years. Today, The Bistro Group remains a family owned business employing more than 2,800 employees in the two restaurant divisions.

After many dark and dreary seasons, the Ravens no longer just ponder a Super Bowl victory. Named in honor of the Edgar Allan Poe poem, the Baltimore Ravens Limited Partnership owns and operates Baltimore's National Football League franchise, which won its first Super Bowl following the 2000 season. The team was created in 1996 when former Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell relocated his franchise to Maryland. As part of the deal, Modell agreed to give up all rights to the Browns' name, colors, and history. The team plays host at M&T Bank Stadium. Stephen Bisciotti, a local businessman who founded staffing firm Allegis Group, acquired control of the team from Modell in 2004.

We are a global hospitality company with widely recognized, industry leading brands and a tradition of innovation developed over our more than fifty-year history. Our mission is to provide authentic hospitality by making a difference in the lives of the people we touch every day. We focus on this mission in pursuit of our goal of becoming the most preferred brand in each segment that we serve for our associates, guests, and owners. We support our mission and goal by adhering to a set of core values that characterizes our culture. We manage, franchise, own and develop Hyatt branded hotels, resorts and residential and vacation ownership properties around the world. As of March 31, 2010, the company's worldwide portfolio consisted of 434 properties.

Stuft Pizza Franchise Corporation operates a chain of about 15 casual-dining restaurants known for their gourmet pizzas. The eateries, operating under the Stuft Pizza Bar & Grill banner, offer a wide variety of pizzas, as well as pasta dishes and sandwiches. The chain is found primarily in California. Company president Jack Bertram started Stuft Pizza in 1976.

The Pasta House operates and franchises more than 20 full-service Italian restaurants mostly in the St. Louis area. The casual-dining spots offer a variety of pasta dishes, as well as sandwiches, salads, and appetizers, as well as specialty entrees and low fat items. In addition to its full-service dining locations, The Pasta House offers catering services and it operates a small number of Pasta House Pronto quick-service units that offer take-out meals. The regional restaurant chain was founded in 1974 by company president Kim Tucci, VP Joe Fresta, and John Ferrara.

The Milwaukee Bucks professional basketball franchise joined the National Basketball Association in 1968 and earned a championship title just three years later with the help of Hall of Fame player Lew Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar). The team has made one other appearance in the NBA Finals in 1974. Hometown fans support the Bucks at Milwaukee's aging Bradley Center. Local businessmen Wesley Pavalon and Marvin Fishman were originally awarded the basketball franchise. Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl, whose family started the Kohl's department store chain, has owned the Bucks since 1985.

EACO Corporation lost its appetite for the buffet business. For a half-dozen years after selling its restaurant operations to pursue a new line of business, the company generated revenues from a handful of rental properties including restaurant and industrial properties. (Tenant NES Rentals accounts for about half of its rental revenues.) In 2010 the company acquired Bisco Industries, which distributes electronics components in the US and Canada. EACO was once the sole franchisee of Ryan's Restaurant Group restaurants in Florida; it also owned a chain of 16 Whistle Junction and Florida Buffet locations.

Grand Heritage Hotel Group LLC owns more than a dozen historic hotels in the US and Mexico under categories such as urban, oceanside, mountain adventures, and lakeside retreats. Properties include The Governor Hotel (Portland, Oregon), Providence Biltmore Hotel (Providence, Rhode Island), The Stanley Hotel (Estes Park, Colorado), and The Chanler Hotel at Cliff Walk (Newport, Rhode Island). Grand Heritage's Residence Club converts existing hotels and resorts into condos and timeshares for vacationers. President John Cullen owns the Grand Heritage Hotel Group.

The Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) is a stock car racing organization that operates two racing circuits and two speedways. Its ARCA RE/MAX Series includes about two dozen events featuring automobiles similar to those used in NASCAR events. The association also sanctions the Lincoln Welders Truck Series, a shorts circuit of races featuring modified pickup trucks. Many of the races are televised on the SPEED Channel (owned by FOX Entertainment). In 1953 John Marcum and his wife Mildred started the Midwest Association for Race Cars, which evolved into the ARCA in 1964.

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