Gaylord Entertainment Company

Gaylord Entertainment Company

Type	Public (NYSE: GET)
Founded	1925
Founder(s)	Edward Gaylord
Headquarters	Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Key people	Colin Reed (CEO)
Revenue	US$747,723,000 (2007)
Operating income	US$43,182,000 (2007)
Net income	US$111,911,000 (2007)
Total assets	US$2,336,867,000 (2007)
Total equity	US$941,492,000 (2007)
Subsidiaries	Gaylord Hotels
Website	http://www.gaylordentertainment.com/

The Gaylord Entertainment Company (NYSE: GET) operates a number of hotel, resort, and media companies that were built by Edward Gaylord. It was previously a subsidiary of the Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma Publishing Company, which is owned by the Gaylord family and publishes the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Robert Rowling, the Texas billionaire who owns TRT Holdings, bought 14 percent of Gaylord stock in early 2008. Later that year, Gaylord rejected Rowling's bid to increase TRT's stake to 30 percent, saying there would be no benefit to the company and also noting TRT's potential conflict of interest, since TRT owns the Omni Hotel chain, which competes with Gaylord for conference and convention business.

Facilities owned include:

• Gaylord Hotels
  • Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, in Nashville, Tennessee
  • Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, near Orlando, Florida
  • Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, TX Dallas/Fort Worth area.
  • Gaylord National Harbor Resort & Convention Center, at National Harbor, Maryland
  • Gaylord Colorado Resort and Covention Center,in Dever Colorado Resort will open in 2014.
• Grand Ole Opry
• WSM Radio, Nashville radio station
• Ryman Auditorium
• Wildhorse Saloon
• The General Jackson Showboat
• Corporate Magic, Inc. (special events production company)

Previously owned properties include:

• WKY Radio, Oklahoma City
• Opryland USA theme park
• ResortQuest International, Inc.
• Bass Pro Shops' Outdoor World (minority interest)
• Acuff-Rose Music
• The Nashville Network
• Country Music Television
• Nashville Predators (minority interest)
• Opry Mills (minority interest)
• Word Entertainment
• Z Music Television (Christian music video channel)

In 1999, Gaylord Entertainment purchased the naming rights to the major downtown arena in Nashville (home of the Nashville Predators). The agreement was terminated in 2005, but the Gaylord Entertainment Center name remained on the building until March 16, 2007. The facility is now known as Bridgestone Arena.

Gaylord Entertainment also produced the long-running comedy/variety series Hee Haw (initially out of the studios of WTVF in Nashville) and distributed the program over their television stations and in syndication.

Television stations owned by Gaylord

• Gaylord, while it was a subsidiary of Oklahoma Publishing Company, owned several television stations (see below):

Current DMA#	Market	Station	Years Owned	Current Affiliation/Owner
5.	Fort Worth - Dallas	KTVT 11	1971-99	CBS owned-and-operated (O&O)
10.	Houston	KHTV 39** (now KIAH)	1967-95	CW affiliate owned by Tribune Company
13.	Tampa - St. Petersburg	WTVT 13	1956-87	Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
14.	Tacoma - Seattle	KSTW 11	1974-97	CW affiliate owned by CBS
17.	Lorain - Cleveland	WUAB 43	1977-89	MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Raycom Media
18.	Denver	KLZ-TV 7** (now KMGH-TV)	1953-54	ABC affiliate owned by E. W. Scripps Company
34.	Milwaukee	WVTV 18	1966-96	CW affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
45.	Oklahoma City	WKY-TV 4** (now KFOR-TV)	1949-77	NBC affiliate owned by Local TV
53.	New Orleans	WVUE 8	1977-87	Fox affiliate owned by Louisiana Media Company
118.	Montgomery - Selma, AL	WSFA 12	1955-59	NBC affiliate owned by Raycom Media

Note: ** indicates a station built and signed on by Gaylord.