Clipper Ventures would never try to circumvent circumnavigation. The seaworthy Clipper Ventures organizes around-the-world yacht races. Its Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is staged in alternate years. Its 5 Oceans solo grand prix (cosponsored by window-manufacturing firm Velux and formerly known as the Around Alone race) is run every four years. Clipper Ventures owns the National Zapcat Championships, which is a race run by smaller powerboats. The company also charters its fleet for corporate events or private use. Chairman Robin Knox-Johnston started the firm in 1995.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) is the leading global developer of destination properties (integrated resorts) that feature premium accommodations, world-class gaming and entertainment, convention and exhibition facilities, celebrity chef restaurants, and many other amenities. THE VENETIAN® and THE PALAZZO®, Five-Diamond luxury resorts on the Las Vegas Strip, are among the company’s properties in the United States. In Singapore, the iconic MARINA BAY SANDS® is the most recent addition to the company’s portfolio.Through its majority-owned subsidiary Sands China Ltd, the company also owns a collection of properties in Macau, including THE VENETIAN® Macao, Four Seasons Hotel Macao and the Four Seasons-branded serviced-apartments at its COTAI STRIP™ development, as well as the SANDS® Macao on the Macau peninsula. The company is currently constructing a 6,400-room complex at the COTAI STRIP, which will feature the Shangri-La, Traders, Sheraton, and St. Regis hotel brands. Las Vegas Sands is also committed to global sustainability through its SANDS Eco 360º program and is an active community partner through its various charitable organizations.

When Mom wants a salad, Dad craves fried chicken, and little Johnny is screaming for enchiladas, what's an all-American family to do? A simple trip to the cafeteria line at Luby's may do the trick. Luby's owns and operates about 95 cafeteria-style restaurants that offer dozens of different entrees, salads, vegetable dishes, and desserts. The chain's menu is heavy on such comfort foods as mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, and fried chicken. Nearly all of the restaurants are found in Texas; Luby's has a small number of eateries in three other states. In addition to its core restaurant business, Luby's offers contract foodservices to a small number of clients in the health care and education industries.

VCG Holding Corporation (NASDAQ: VCGH) is a growing and leading consolidator and operator of adult nightclubs in the United States. We own, manage and acquire nightclubs, which provide premium live adult entertainment and upscale restaurant/beverage services in a first class environment. VCG's management team has over 50 aggregate years of experience in successfully owning and operating adult nightclubs with in-depth knowledge of the industry. VCG Holding Corp. through its subsidiaries owns 19 adult nightclubs that offer quality live adult entertainment, restaurant and bar operations. Our nightclubs are located in Colorado, California, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, North Carolina, Maine, and Texas.

Life Time Fitness wants to help you keep your New Year's resolutions. The company operates more than 85 exercise and recreation centers in some 20 states, including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Texas, and Virginia. Life Time Fitness facilities offer swimming pools, basketball and racquet courts, child care centers, spas, dining services, and climbing walls, in addition to some 400 pieces of exercise equipment. Most facilities are open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and average about 100,000 sq. ft. in size. They target a membership of about 5,500 to 11,500, and are designed to serve as an all-in-one sports and athletic club, professional fitness facility, family recreation center, and spa and resort.

Time traveling DeLoreans, great white sharks, and dinosaurs are just part of a normal day at Universal Parks & Resorts. Universal Parks & Resorts operates the Universal Studios Hollywood movie-themed amusement park and resort. It also operates Universal Orlando and Universal Studios Japan in Osaka. The parks feature attractions based on movies from sister studio Universal Pictures such as Back to the Future, Jaws, and "Jurassic Park. " They also house hotels, IMAX theaters, and water parks. The Hollywood and Orlando parks contain CityWalks, family-oriented entertainment centers with restaurants and shopping. The company is owned by Universal Studios (itself part of NBC Universal) and private equity firm The Blackstone Group.

In 1948, Herbert and Frances (Lengfeld) Meyer, the founders of Meyer Motels, Ltd. (now known as Meyer Crest, Ltd.), purchased their first motel in Red Bluff, California. Since then, the Meyer family has owned and operated as many as 45 hotels in three Western states. Herb, a transplanted New Yorker, was a highly self-motivated man with strong aspirations. The motel business provided him with outlets for his creative energy and aspirations. Fran provided support and guidance, contributing her ideas and maintaining the accounting for the family business while also raising their four children. Throughout their younger years, all the children were involved in the family business in varying degrees.

Chicago National League Ball Club operates the Chicago Cubs franchise of Major League Baseball, which has gone without a World Series title since 1908. The team was formed as the Chicago White Stockings in 1876 and bore several monikers (Colts, Orphans, Spuds) before settling on the Cubs in 1907. Despite the lack of championships, Chicagoans still flock to famed Wrigley Field (the second-oldest ballpark in MLB, after Boston's Fenway Park) to see their Cubbies play. A group led by billionaire Tom Ricketts acquired a majority of the Cubs in 2009.

Sheffield United plc manages the English football team Sheffield United, nicknamed the Blades (thanks to Sheffield's well-known reputation for steel production). Formed in 1889 in combination with the Sheffield United Cricket Club, Sheffield United Football Club last came close to reaching the Premiership in the 2002-03 season. On the final day of the season in 2007, the team was relegated from the Premier League to the English Football League Championship. The majority of the company's revenues are obtained from game day ticket sales, as well as television and sponsorship royalties.

The United States Basketball League (USBL) operates an association of professional basketball teams that play a 30-game schedule from April through June. The league encompasses a half dozen teams, including the Brooklyn Kings, the Dodge City Legend, and the Kansas Cagerz, which compete with 11 players each. The USBL generates revenue mostly through franchise fees and marketing sponsorships. It is intended to be a development league for recent college graduates and international players to showcase their skills for scouts from National Basketball Association teams. The founding Meisenheimer family controls about 90% of the USBL.

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