Pinehurst,LLC owns and operates the famous Pinehurst Resort & Country Club located in North Carolina. Its eight golf courses include the famed No. 2 course designed by Donald Ross, which has hosted a number of tournaments including US Open. The property also offers tennis courts, a variety of spa services, and three resort hotels. Boston philanthropist James Walker Tufts founded Pinehurst Resort in 1895 as a health retreat. The Dedman family led by Robert Dedman, Jr., has owned the resort since 1984.

Canlan Ice Sports is a leading operator of ice sports facilities in North America, with more than 20 rinks in Canada and the US encompassing more than 60 ice sheets. Its facilities, including the gargantuan Burnaby 8 Rinks in British Columbia, offer recreational skating and amateur hockey, as well as educational programs for beginning skaters. Canlan also generates revenue from concessions, sports equipment sales, and management fees. In addition, Canlan runs hockey development programs and recreational leagues, including the Adult Safe-Hockey League. Private equity firm Bartrac Investments owns 75% of the company.

Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. (Great Wolf Resorts) is a family entertainment resort company. The Company is the owner, licensor, operator and developer in North America of drive-to family resorts featuring indoor waterparks and other family-oriented entertainment activities based on the number of resorts in operation. Each of its resorts feature approximately 300 to 600 family suites, each of which sleeps from 6 to 10 people and includes a wet bar, microwave oven, refrigerator and dining and sitting area. Great Wolf Resorts operates and licenses resorts under its Great Wolf Lodge and Blue Harbor Resorttm brand names and has entered into licensing arrangements with third parties relating to the operation of resorts under the Great Wolf Lodge brand name. The Company is organized into a single operating division. Within that operating division, it has three segments: Resort ownership/operation, Resort third-party management/licensing and Condominium sales.

Detroit Pistons Basketball Company owns and operates the Detroit Pistons professional basketball team, which boasts three National Basketball Association championships, its last coming in 2004. The team was formed in 1941 as the Fort Wayne (Indiana) Zollner Pistons by auto piston maker Fred Zollner, who moved the team to Detroit in 1957. The Pistons roster has included such stars as Joe Dumars, Bill Laimbeer, and Isiah Thomas. Karen Davidson, widow of the late William Davidson, controls the team. The family also owns Palace Sports & Entertainment, a holding company that owns Detroit's Palace of Auburn Hills arena.

Founder, Craig Nickoloff, opened the original Claim Jumper Restaurant in Los Alamitos, California on September 27, 1977. Today, there are 46 locations throughout Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin.Claim Jumper Restaurants are popular with a large audience including families, children, seniors and business professionals. Our friendly environment is ideal for celebrating special occasions, hosting a business lunch or gathering for a delicious meal with friends and family. Open daily for lunch and dinner, Claim Jumper offers a selection of freshly prepared items using only the finest ingredients available. Favorites include USDA Prime and Choice steaks, fresh fish, rotisserie chicken, baby back pork ribs, fresh baked pot pies, specialty salads, wood-fired pizzas, pasta, sandwiches, burgers and more. Claim Jumper's baked goods and desserts including our Six-Layer Chocolate Motherlode Cake, Bread Pudding, Scratch Carrot Cake, Lemon Bar Brule and five flavors of deliciously rich cream cheese pie are popular favorites with our guests.

Crown American reigns over an empire consisting of a couple of inns. The company manages two hotels in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, both operating under the Holiday Inn banner through franchise agreements with InterContinental Hotels. It also runs Mediterranean restaurant Harrigan's Caf� & Wine Deck, located at its downtown Johnstown hotel, and manages the Frank J. Pasquerilla Conference Center in Johnstown. Crown American's portfolio shrank considerably in 2005 when it sold more than 20 hotels in eastern states to an affiliate of real estate firm Archon Group. The company was founded in 1965 by Frank Pasquerilla (father of former CEO Mark Pasquerilla).

Artz Rib House is a barbeque restaurant in Austin, Texas, popular for its ribs and brisket. The eatery also serves smoked sausage and chicken, along with burgers, sandwiches and sides. In addition to dining, Artz Rib House offers catering services. Owner Art Blondin and partner Zenobia Sutton originally started the enterprise in an old railroad car in 1992.

CEO Roger Farwell founded Tempus Resorts International, Ltd. in 1997. Apollo Real Estate Advisors, an affiliate of Apollo Advisors, is an investor. Tempus Resorts International helps people plan luxury vacations in Florida. The company operates the time-share Mystic Dunes Resort & Golf Club, which has more than 600 acres and about 700 villas close to Walt Disney Parks and Resorts' Disney World in Orlando. Tempus Resorts sells vacation intervals to clients around the globe.

Dover Motorsports is a leading operator of racetracks that host more than a dozen top auto racing events each year. Its tracks include Gateway International Raceway near St. Louis, Memphis Motorsports Park, Nashville Superspeedway, and its flagship Dover International Speedway in Delaware. The tracks hold events sponsored by all the major US racing leagues, including NASCAR, the Indy Racing League, and the National Hot Rod Association, though stock car racing accounts for 70% of sales. Chairman Henry Tippie controls more than 50% of the company as executor of the estate of the late chairman John Rollins.

If King Arthur's knights had sat at this Round Table, they would have been eating pizza. Round Table Pizza operates a chain of about 500 family-oriented pizza parlors located primarily in the western US as well as in Asia and the Middle East. The pizzerias are known for the colorful names given to menu items, including Guinevere's Garden Delight and Montague's All Meat Marvel. Round Table also serves sandwiches, salads, and appetizers. The eateries are typically found near retail developments and offer dine-in seating along with carry-out and delivery services. Most locations are franchised. William Larson opened the first Round Table Pizza in 1959 and began franchising the restaurant concept three years later.

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