Buffalo Bills, Inc., operates the Buffalo Bills professional football team, one of the more storied franchises in the National Football League. A founding member of the American Football League, the team made four straight trips to the Super Bowl in the early 1990s but has yet to claim an NFL title. Buffalo has fielded teams with such Hall of Fame talent as OJ Simpson and Jim Kelly. Team owner and Detroit businessman Ralph Wilson founded the franchise in 1960; the Bills joined the NFL in 1970 when the AFL and NFL merged.

American Vantage Companies, through its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership and management of Border Grill Las Vegas restaurant. It holds a 49% interest in Border Grill, which owns and operates the Border Grill Las Vegas restaurant in a casino hotel located in Las Vegas. American Vantage Companies was founded in 1979 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Over 25 years ago we opened a little restaurant in St. Paul Minnesota named Concourse 7. It quickly became apparent that burgers, beer, and sports were never going out of style. We shifted our focus a little, invested in a bunch of big screen TV's and renamed the restaurant, Champps.At the time when everyone else in America was coming up with ways to downsize and think small, we were thinking bigger and better. Our philosophy is simple. Make burgers from scratch and pile them high. Fill our bar with TV's and turn the volume up for games. Bring in a DJ and have a party every night. It wasn't like anything else and the people loved it. That slightly irreverent attitude has become our calling card over the years, doing things the way we always have regardless of convention. We're still making fresh hand-crafted burgers, roasting our own turkey and chicken, slow-basting our falling-off-the-bone-tender ribs, and hiring the friendliest people to be part of our team.The party is still going strong today. The burgers are still huge, the beer is still cold and we're the best place to watch the game. No matter what part of the country you're in, you are sure to find a neighborhood Champps nearby.

Deep Sea Leisure owns and operates two public aquarium visitor attractions. Deep Sea World located in Fife, close to Edinburgh opened in 1983 and Blue Planet Aquarium located in Ellesmere Port near Chester opened in 1998. Deep Sea Leisure plc is majority owned by the Aspro Group which was created in 1991 with the aim of becoming the leading European leisure and entertainment consortium and is currently regarded as one of the top three operators.

Stockade Companies started as a single Sirloin Stockade in Oklahoma City in 1966. Since then, we have grown into a multi-concept chain adding Montana Mike’s Steakhouse in 1998 and Coyote Canyon in 1999. We currently operate over 80 restaurants in 9 states and Mexico. Today, Stockade Companies is owned by a management group. The management group led by Tom Ford, a lifelong franchisee, includes Terry Harstad - COO, Steve Schmidt - CFO, and Doug Frieling, Franchisee. Mr. Ford's vision, energy and experience will continue to influence our commitment to providing guests great value and variety.

Tavistock Restaurants, LLC owns a nugget of the Golden State's fine dining wealth. Tavistock Restaurants owns and operates about 20 upscale and casual dining restaurants in California and about ten other states. Tavistock's flagship chains include California Cafe and Napa Valley Grille, which both offer seasonal cuisine made with local ingredients. Tavistock Restaurants, LLC other dining concepts include Alcatraz Brewing Company, Blackhawk Grille, Cafe Del Rey, and ZED451. In addition, Tavistock owns Freebirds, a small chain of fast-casual Mexican restaurants operating mostly in Texas and Oklahoma. Formed in 2003, Tavistock Restaurants is part of Orlando, Florida-based holding company Tavistock Group.

Bruster’s was founded in 1989 by a man whose passion for extraordinary ice cream and stellar customer service runs deep. Born into the restaurant business, Bruce Reed opened his first Bruster’s in Bridgewater, Pennsylvania, after perfecting his recipe for rich, creamy homemade ice cream. People came from miles around to enjoy the skillfully prepared desserts that Bruce created right in that first store. It got to where he had to expand to keep up with the growing demand for his ice creams. Before long, Bruster’s became one of the fastest expanding ice cream stores in the country and Bruce regretfully all but stopped wearing his apron to work.

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.

These Jets begin boarding at the start of every football season. A storied franchise in the National Football League, the New York Jets claim just one Super Bowl title, but its victory over the favored Baltimore Colts (now the Indianapolis Colts) in 1969 was one of the more famous matches in the history of championship. The franchise, founded by broadcaster Harry Wismer as the Titans, was a founding member of the American Football League in 1960 and joined the NFL when the leagues merged in 1970. Robert Johnson IV, whose family founded pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson, has owned the team since 2000.

It all began on January 27, 1958. With fifty dollars in the cash register, Del and Helen Johnson opened "Sizzler Family Steak House" in Culver City, California.Dwight D. Eisenhower was in his second term as the 34th President of the United States. A 14-year-old Bobby Fischer took the United States Chess Championship. “Gigi” won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The American girl group The Shirelles began.And finally, everyone could enjoy a great steak dinner at an affordable price. ($1.19 back then)

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