PIER 39 offers visitors a kaleidoscope of attractions. Situated at Beach Street and The Embarcadero on San Francisco's waterfront, PIER 39 is one of the city's most popular leisure spots, featuring about 110 shops and a dozen full-service restaurants with views of the Bay. Home to such as the Aquarium of the Bay and the San Francisco Carousel, the complex attracts millions of visitors annually and is open year-round. In addition to humans, sea lions also frequent PIER 39. The creatures regularly occupy available dock space to take advantage of the plentiful herring supply. PIER 39 was founded in 1978, and is owned by Chicago-based developer Moor & South/PIER Management.

Straw Hat Cooperative owns and operates Straw Hat Pizza, a chain of about 70 casual dining restaurants located mostly in Northern California. The family-style eateries are popular for their signature pizzas, pasta dishes, and sandwiches. In addition to its pizzerias, the company has a small number of Straw Hat Grill locations that specialize in hamburgers and other sandwiches, along with a few Straw Hat Express units found in strip malls and other retail locations. Founded in 1959, the Straw Hat chain is controlled by its franchise operators.

Boyd Gaming Corporation was founded in 1988. Boyd Gaming Corporation (Boyd Gaming) is a multi-jurisdictional gaming company. As of December 31, 2009, the Company’s wholly owned and operated 15 casino entertainment facilities located in Nevada, Mississippi, Illinois, Louisiana and Indiana. In addition, it owns and operates a pari-mutuel jai-alai facility located in Dania Beach, Florida, a travel agency, and a captive insurance company that underwrites travel-related insurance. As of December 31, 2009, it owned an aggregate of approximately 812,500 square feet of casino space, containing approximately 21,400 slot machines, 425 table games and 7,550 hotel rooms. On January 22, 2009, it opened hotel at Blue Chip Casino, Hotel & Spa.

Great Canadian Gaming has about ten casino operations in Canada (British Columbia, Ontario, and Nova Scotia) and Washington state. The properties offer slot machines and/or table games such as blackjack, poker, and roulette. In addition, the company owns and operates one thoroughbred racetrack, four standardbred racetracks, a bingo hall, a community gaming center, several restaurants, two theaters, and a hotel and conference center. Its flagship property, the River Rock Casino Resort, is the leading casino resort in the Vancouver, British Columbia market.

And one, and two, and three -- actually, Bannatyne Fitness operates approximately 60 fitness locations in the UK, but who's counting? Duncan Bannatyne, for one. Bannatyne founded his namesake health club company in 1996. As one of the largest independent health club operators in the UK, Bannatyne's has more than 180,000 presumably-more-firm-than-average members in clubs that range from Aberdeen in the north to the south coast of England.

RMS Titanic has sole salvage rights, subject to a federal judge's annual review, to the doomed ship that struck an iceberg and sank in 1912. In seven expeditions (conducted in 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2004) to the Titanic wreck site, which lies in the Atlantic ocean about 400 miles off the southern coast of Newfoundland, RMS has recovered some 5,500 artifacts. RMS Titanic, Inc. operates seven Titanic exhibitions, six of which are known as Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition and one of which is known as Titanic Science. It earns its money through ticket sales, third party licensing, sponsorship, and merchandise sales. RMS is owned by Premier Exhibitions.

Hendrick Motorsports, LLC formed by CEO Rick Hendrick is a major force in NASCAR Sprint Cup auto racing, with four teams competing for the checkered flag. Its top drivers include Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, and Mark Martin. The company handles marketing and licensing for its racing teams, in addition to providing cars designed and built at its 100-acre complex. Hendrick Motorsports also builds and re-builds some 550 engines. Founder Rick Hendrick, who also owns car dealership Hendrick Automotive Group, started Hendrick Motorsports with veteran driver Harry Hyde in 1984.

Luminar lights up the UK dance scene as the country's leading nightclub operator. The company has about 90 clubs catering to a variety of tastes and operating under a small portfolio of brands. Its estate includes Liquid, a chain of discos known for stimulating visual effects, and a multi-roomed concept called Oceana. Luminar also operates Lava & Ignite, a dance club format featuring two differently themed rooms. Other club formats include Life, a pub-style concept designed for smaller markets, and The Jam House, a live music venue developed by musician Jools Holland. In addition, Luminar operates a number of local clubs under a variety of names.

Smoothie King is a privately held New Orleans, Louisiana- area based franchise company and is the premier Smoothie Bar and Nutritional Lifestyle Center in the industry. Smoothie King centers offer their guests the industry’s first and original nutritional fruit and function-based, fresh blended smoothies. Each “Lifestyle Center” also offers healthy retail product solutions in sport beverages, energy bars, healthy snacks, vitamin supplements, herbs, minerals, and sports nutrition products. Smoothie King has been named #1 franchise in their category 16 times. Smoothie King has over 600 locations operating in the continental US and Seoul, Korea and is currently developing additional stores across the United States.

Shepherd's pie, traveling minstrels, and the joust ... ahhhh, life in 16th-century England (without, of course, the plague and other minor nuisances). Renaissance Entertainment operates three Renaissance Faires, which re-create 16th-century English villages, complete with craft shops, food and drink, and live entertainment. The events, which are held in California, New York, and Wisconsin, typically last between six and nine weekends a year and attract half a million visitors. Forest of Fear, a seasonal haunted forest in New York, is also part of the Renaissance Entertainment kingdom.

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