OPUBCO Sold

[dbacks fan]

http://newsok.com/article/3604380

So what do the Gaylords not own? Before the market tanked, the had proposed building a entertainment and resort facility on the old GM Proving Grounds in Mesa, AZ.

[AquaMan]

Now, its "What does Anshutz not own?"

Pretty freakin' amazing what they accumulated. The bad news for us is that the richest, most powerful people in Oklahoma...now are named Anshutz and live somewhere other than Oklahoma.

[TheArtist]

  Well hopefully the Gaylords will take a good chunk of what they are getting in this deal and reinvest it back into things in Oklahoma and continue to build on that.  Oh, and from what I heard, I thought Kaiser was the "richest, most powerful" person in Oklahoma. 

[swake]

  Well hopefully the Gaylords will take a good chunk of what they are getting in this deal and reinvest it back into things in Oklahoma and continue to build on that.  Oh, and from what I heard, I thought Kaiser was the "richest, most powerful" person in Oklahoma. 

Who says that they made much (if any) money on this deal. This isn't exactly a boom time to be selling newspapers for a profit.

[dbacks fan]

Anschutz just recently completed a merger of his Qwest Communications and Century Link Communications, to become the third largest communications company in the US and now will increase his cable and broadband reach with the aquistion of Sudden Link Communications, to crate one of the largest gov't, business, and residential providers in the western US.

http://news.centurylink.com/index.php?s=43&item=2226

http://www.dish-television.com/2009/07/21/direct-tv-qwest-deal/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suddenlink_Communications

[sgrizzle]

Who says that they made much (if any) money on this deal. This isn't exactly a boom time to be selling newspapers for a profit.

The newspaper was probably the least of the assets listed.

[AquaMan]

The newspaper was probably the least of the assets listed.

Heck, they probably just threw that in to sweeten the deal and lessen their load.

As far as I know Artist, the Gaylords have always had a greater combination of power and money than anyone in Oklahoma as their holdings indicate. Media, energy, entertainment, water rights, etc. Kaiser is a big fish here but Gaylords are legend. My hope is that they spend as much in the state as Kaiser does in Tulsa.

Long term it could be a deficit for the state. Gaylords and Kaisers, and their allegiances, come and go but corporate entities last.

[Conan71]

I notice their Grand Ole Opry properties were not included.  Had they already sold all that?

[swake]

I notice their Grand Ole Opry properties were not included.  Had they already sold all that?

Yeah, that's Gaylord Entertainment and is a publicly traded company that it seems they don't own much of anymore. Symbol is GET

[zstyles]

Pavestone LLC, headquartered in Dallas, a leading manufacturer of concrete pavers, retaining walls, and other landscaping materials with manufacturing plants in 18 cities; De Wafelbakkers LLC, a fast growing breakfast food company based in Little Rock, with manufacturing plants in Arkansas and Georgia; The Broadmoor Hotel, a 5-star, 5-diamond 744-room resort in Colorado Springs, set at the foot of the Rocky Mountains featuring championship golf, world class spa and a full service tennis program; Manitou & Pike's Peak Railway Company, the world's highest railway that travels to the top of Pike's Peak; the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort & Spa, a 500-room resort hotel, spa and 18-hole golf course located east of Austin along the Colorado River; numerous other real estate holdings in Oklahoma and Colorado; water rights underlying the Greenland Ranch in Douglas County, Colorado consisting of 1.5 million acre feet of subsurface water; an aviation company in Oklahoma City; a 100 piece collection of artwork by the Western Masters; and an interest in Suddenlink Communications, the nation's seventh largest cable broadband company serving approximately 1.4 million residential customers and thousands of commercial customers in the southwest region of the country, among other items.

ya sounds like the newspaper wasn't a majority buy in this deal....