Predators Holdings owns and operates the Nashville Predators professional hockey franchise, which joined the National Hockey League as an expansion team in 1998. The team has yet to play for the Stanley Cup championship, but Nashville has made a number of appearances in the NHL playoffs. Nashville's Bridgestone Arena serves as home ice for the Preds. A group of local investors led by David Freeman purchased the hockey team in 2007 from Craig Leipold, who helped launch hockey in the Music City.

PartyGaming is the world's leading listed online gaming business. The Group offers a variety of games through an integrated Party-branded platform and through a number of secondary brands and alliances with blue chip companies. Through our unique operating platform, adults can tune in to a broad range of games, using multiple languages, multiple-currency options and with the tools to ensure they have fun and play within their means. PartyGaming Plc listed on the London Stock Exchange in June 2005. Regulated and licensed by the Government of Gibraltar, the Group has around 1,300 employees located in the head office and operations centre in Gibraltar, a business process outsourcing operation in India, and a marketing services subsidiary and multi-lingual customer service operations in Europe. The Group has customers throughout the world. PartyGaming does not accept wagers or deposits for real money games from customers located in the US.

All-you-can-eat is the only way to dine with this company. Buffet Partners operates about 50 cafeteria-style buffet restaurants under the names Furr's Family Dining and Furr's Fresh Buffett. The family eateries, found in Texas and half a dozen surrounding states, serve standard American fare for lunch and dinner, including chicken-fried steak, liver and onions, roast beef, and seafood. The Furr's dining chain was started in 1946 by brothers Roy and Key Furr. Buffet Partners was formed by private equity group Cardinal Investment to purchase the chain in 2003.

The Oakland Raiders professional football team is one of the more storied franchises in the National Football League. Founded in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League, the team played in the second Super Bowl between the rival leagues (losing to the Green Bay Packers) before joining the NFL in 1970. The franchise has since won three championship titles (its last in 1984). Over the years, Oakland has been home to such Hall of Fame players as Marcus Allen, Howie Long, and Jim Otto, as well as legendary head coach John Madden. Al Davis has run the team since 1972.

RMR Colorado owns and operates about 10 Black-eyed Pea restaurants in Colorado. The family dining establishments are known for serving a variety of comfort foods, including such main dishes as roast turkey and chicken fried steak; the menu also includes grilled beef, seafood, sandwiches, and a wide array of side dishes. Most of the Black-eyed Pea locations are found in the Denver area. The concept was launched in 1975 by Gene Street and Phil Cobb. Brothers Steve and Jim Shaw along with partner Alan Laughlin formed RMR Colorado to purchase the eateries from BEP Colorado Restaurants.

Don't let the mouse mascot fool you: This amusement kingdom is founded on the power of pizza. CEC Entertainment operates the Chuck E. Cheese's chain of pizza parlors with more than 540 locations throughout the US, Canada, and a half dozen other countries. The restaurants cater mostly to families with children and feature dining-room entertainment provided by robotic characters, arcade games, and other activities. (The eateries are especially popular destinations for birthday parties.) Games and merchandise account for about 50% of sales. The menu features pizzas, sandwiches, salads, and desserts. CEC Entertainment owns and operates about 500 of the pizza and fun joints, while the rest are franchised.

Jazzercise shows people how to shake their booties toward fitness. A leading fitness instruction operator, the company has more than 7,800 franchised instructors across the US and in more than 30 countries offering some 32,000 weekly fitness classes that blend jazz dancing with an aerobic workout. Jazzercise generates revenue through franchise fees, as well as the sale of clothing, books, and other merchandise. The company's JM DigitalWorks unit produces Jazzercise workout tapes and provides video production services to other clients. Its Jazzertogs division offers fitness apparel and accessories. CEO Judi Sheppard Missett, a professional dancer, founded Jazzercise in 1969 and began franchising in 1980.Jazzercise, Inc. is the world's leading franchiser of dance and fitness classes. The company pioneered its own brand of dance-based exercise routines. These are taught by certified Jazzercise instructors across the United States and in Europe, Japan, and Latin America. The company has over 5,000 franchises, and an estimated 450,000 students worldwide. Franchisees pay a nominal start-up fee to the company, and then 20 percent of gross revenues monthly. Founder Judi Sheppard Missett choreographs new routines approximately every ten weeks. The company also produces videos, music recordings, and other educational materials, as well as a computer-based CyberStretch program that aims to prevent repetitive stress injuries among office workers. The company's retail division sells exercise wear, accessories, and items bearing the Jazzercise logo. The division sells primarily through a mail-order catalog. Jazzercise also operates a video production division, JM DigitalWorks, which produces Jazzercise videos and also does videotape production, post-production, and duplicating work for hundreds of other clients.

John Q. Hammons Hotels & Resorts has several rooms with a view. The hotel development company owns and operates approximately 80 hotels in about 25 states across the US. Most of its properties are upscale, operating under the brands such as Embassy Suites, Holiday Inn, Marriott, Radisson, and Renaissance. John Q. Hammons company targets locations for its hotels near state capitals, universities, airports, corporate headquarters, or office parks in mid-sized and smaller markets. Management services include human resources, sales and marketing, and food and beverage administration. John Q. Hammons company was founded by John Q. Hammons in 1958 with the purchase of 10 Holiday Inn franchises.

You might say this company is scaling the heights of the restaurant business. A leading multi-concept dining company in the UK, Paramount Holdings owns and operates more than 70 cafes and restaurants encompassing half a dozen different brands. The company's estate is anchored by its flagship Chez Gérard and Brasserie Gérard chains, both offering French-style cuisine. Its other brands include upmarket seafood chain Livebait, Italian-themed Bertorelli and il Bertorelli, and Caffe Uno. Paramount is owned by a group of banks including Barclays Bank, HSBC, and The Royal Bank of Scotland.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, also known as The Kennedy Center, traces its roots to 1958 when president Dwight Eisenhower signed the National Cultural Center Act calling for a privately funded venture featuring a variety of classic and contemporary programming with an educational focus. The center was a pet project and fund raiser beneficiary of president Kennedy; it was named as a living memorial to him after his death. Located on 17 acres overlooking the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., the center opened in 1971 and presents some 2,000 events a year including musicals, dance performances, and jazz and orchestral concerts. It also produces TV programming, workshops, and lectures.

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