Thousand Trails is making happy campers of the more than 130,000 members who use its campsites in the US and Canada. Thousand Trails company's dues-paying members have access to more than 80 campgrounds in more than 20 states and in British Columbia. The grounds offer amenities such as electricity, water, sewer connections, convenience stores, game machines, and laundry facilities. Members who do not bring their own accommodations (cars, RVs, tents) can rent cabins or campers from the company. In addition, thousand trails company publishes recreational lifestyle magazine Trailblazer, which has more than 65,000 paid subscribers. Thousand Trails company is a subsidiary of real estate investment trust Equity LifeStyle Properties.

Arsenal Holdings owns and operates Arsenal Football Club, one of the top soccer teams in the English Premier League. Known also as The Gunners, Arsenal was founded in 1886 and boasts 13 First Division and Premier League championships (its last in 2004) and 10 FA Cup titles. Arsenal also owns the team's home ground at Emirates Stadium where it has hospitality operations and retail outlets. Most of the company's revenue comes from ticket sales and broadcasting fees. An unquoted public company, Arsenal's major shareholders include US sports entrepreneur Stan Kroenke and Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov.Arsenal Holdings PLC owns Arsenal Football Club, a competitor in the English Premiership and the primary source of its revenue. Arsenal Holdings' other interests are in property development, which accounts for slightly less than 25 percent of its revenue. Arsenal Football Club generates 35 percent of its revenue from broadcasting, 27 percent from gate receipts, and the balance from sponsorship deals and merchandise sales.

Transplanted Texans living near the nation's capital can get a taste of home visiting Austin Grill. The company operates about 10 restaurants in and around Baltimore and Washington, DC, that offer such traditional Tex-Mex fare as burritos, enchiladas, and fajitas, as well as appetizers, sandwiches, and a weekend brunch menu. Some Austin Grill locations also feature weekly live music entertainment. Rob Wilder opened the first Austin Grill in 1988. The company was acquired by foodservice operator Thompson Hospitality in 2006.

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.

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.

Cajun meets Tex-Mex meets Pacific meets a whole lot of mouths at Z'Tejas. The company operates about 10 Z'Tejas Grill locations in about a half dozen Western states that specialize in Southwestern fusion cuisine, including such items as Voodoo Tuna, margaritas, Crispy Catfish Beignets, margaritas, Miso Salmon, and, yes, margaritas. Serial restaurateur Paul Fleming (who started P. F. Chang's China Bistro), Larry Foles, and Guy Villavaso, fraternity brothers at Louisiana State University, opened the first Z'Tejas in Austin, Texas, in 1989. Villavaso and Foles continue to own the company.

Maybe for this company the restaurant business is like a box of chocolates. Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Restaurants operates and franchises about 30 themed eateries under the name Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Restaurant & Market. Inspired by the 1994 film Forrest Gump, the casual dining restaurants offer a menu of seafood appetizers, entrees, and sandwiches. The chain has about 20 restaurants in 10 states along with another dozen international locations; most Bubba Gump units are found at tourist destinations such as the Mall of America and the Universal Orlando theme park. Former CEO Scott Barnett created the chain after striking a licensing deal with Paramount Pictures in 1996.

The Windy City inspires the food and drink at BJ's. BJ's Restaurants owns and operates more than 80 restaurants in California and a dozen other mostly Western states under the names BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse, BJ's Restaurant & Brewery, and BJ's Pizza & Grill. The casual-dining eateries offer Chicago-style pizza, salads, sandwiches, pasta, and the company's own hand-crafted beers. Its dozen Restaurant & Brewery locations, which feature an onsite microbrewery, help supply beer to the rest of the chain. Holding company The Jacmar Companies owns more than 15% of BJ's.

Houston NFL Holdings owns and operates the Houston Texans professional football team, which entered the National Football League as an expansion franchise in 2002. Still a nascent member of the NFL, the team has yet to secure any championship titles, but it has already gained a loyal following among fans throughout the Lone Star State. The Texans play host at Reliant Stadium. Houston billionaire Bob McNair, who founded and then sold Cogen Technologies, leads the ownership group.

San Francisco Baseball Associates owns and operates the San Francisco Giants, one of the more storied franchises in Major League Baseball. Formed by John Day and Jim Mutrie as the New York Gothams in 1883 (the Giants moniker was applied two years later), the team has won 20 National League pennants and five World Series titles, the last in 1954. Horace Stoneham moved the team to the Bay Area in 1958. San Francisco's roster has included such Hall of Fame players as Willie Mays, Mel Ott, and Gaylord Perry. The team plays host at AT&T Park near downtown San Francisco. Bill Neukom took over as managing general partner from Peter Magowan in 2008.

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