Chicago Bears Football Club operates the storied Chicago Bears professional football team, which lays claim to nine National Football League titles (its last in Super Bowl XX at the end of the 1985 season). More than 25 Hall of Fame players have graced the roster of "Da Bears", including Red Grange, Dick Butkus, Gale Sayers, and Walter Payton. Loyal Chicago fans root on their team at venerable Soldier Field. The franchise, originally known as the Decatur Staleys, was a charter member of the NFL in 1920. Chairman Michael McCaskey (grandson of founder George "Papa Bear" Halas) and his family control the club.

Williams Grand Prix Engineering owns and operates the Williams F1 auto racing team that competes in the Formula One racing circuit governed by Federation Internationale de L'Automobile (FIA). The company designs and builds its own cars and supports the team as it competes in races around the world. One of the leading F1 racing teams in the world, Williams F1 boasts nine Constructors' Championships and seven Diver's Championships. Frank Williams and Patrick Head started Williams Grand Prix Engineering in 1977.

Hoosier Park opened its doors as the first pari-mutuel horse racing facility in the state of Indiana Sept. 1, 1994. The route to legalizing pari-mutuel racing stems back to Nov. 5, 1968 when a statewide advisory referendum on pari-mutuel wagering was conducted. The referendum failed at the state level, but the Madison County voters supported the measure by a slim margin. Madison County continued its support of pari-mutuel wagering through the next two decades, and pari-mutuel gambling was made legal in the General Assembly March 16, 1989. Anderson became the first city in the state to submit an application for a pari-mutuel racetrack Oct. 31, 1990.

The Colorado Rockies Baseball Club joined the ranks of Major League Baseball as an expansion team in 1993. Thanks to the rarefied air in Denver, the franchise's Coors Field home has developed a reputation as a hitter-friendly park where even ordinary pop-ups can drift into the bleachers. Colorado earned its first National League pennant in 2007. CEO Charlie Monfort and his brother Dick have controlled the team since 2005. FOX Sports Net also owns a 14% interest in the franchise, as does brewer Molson Coors.

Fitness First Plc is one of the world's leading fitness club operators with some 550 locations and more than 1.5 million members in more than 20 countries. About 170 clubs are located in the UK. The company has launched a franchise business to open Fitness First clubs in the Middle East and North Africa. Fitness First's clubs offer a variety of exercise equipment, weight management programs, exercise classes, spas and steam rooms, tanning beds, and lounges. The company is owned by European private equity firm BC Partners.

Melco Crown Entertainment Limited (MPEL) is a developer, owner and, through its subsidiary Melco Crown Gaming, operator of casino gaming and entertainment resort facilities focused on the Macau market. Melco Crown Gaming is one of the six companies licensed, through concessions or sub-concessions, to operate casinos in Macau. The Company owns and operates City of Dreams, Altira Macau, Mocha Clubs and Taipa Square Casino. Its other projects include City of Dreams Phase II, Macau Studio City Project and Macau Peninsula Site.

Emperor Entertainment Hotel Limited owns and operates the Grand Emperor Hotel in Macao, the Chinese version of the Las Vegas Strip. The Grand Emperor offers 300 rooms, as well as gaming facilities, entertainment services, restaurants, and shopping outlets. Emperor Entertainment is also developing Shanghai Star City, a shopping mall in Shanghai that will include restaurants, cinemas, and an assortment of retail stores. Shanghai Star City is to be completed in 2009.

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.

Formed in 2002, Tragus is one of the UK's largest independently owned restaurant chain operators with over 280 sites across the country serving over 20 million meals every year. Our exciting portfolio of leading brands are operated as four divisions - Café Rouge, Strada, Bella Italia, and the Brasseries - with offerings ranging from inspired pizza and pasta to delicious French classics. Tragus is backed by The Blackstone Group, a global private investment and advisory firm, founded in 1985. The firm has raised a total of more then $67 billion for alternative asset investing since its formation of which approximately $30 billion has been for private equity investing. The Private Equity Group is currently investing its fifth general private equity fund with commitments of $15.6 billion, and has over 60 experienced professionals with broad sector expertise. Blackstone’s other core businesses include Private Real Estate Investing, Corporate Debt Investing, Hedge Funds, Mutual Fund Management, Private Placement, Marketable Alternative Asset Management, and Investment Banking Advisory Services.

Scan Products International exports reconditioned coin-operated casino equipment and spare parts made by Aristocrat Leisure Limited, I.G.T, Bally, Atronic Americas, Mikohn, SEGA, Sigma Game, Universal, and Williams. Scan Products, which has been in business since 1982, also offers other gaming supplies like roulette wheels and tables.

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