Gaylord Entertainment Company

Gaylord Entertainment Company

Infobox Company
name = Gaylord Entertainment Company

type = Public (NYSE|GET)
genre =
foundation = 1925
founder =
location_city = Nashville, Tennessee
location_country = United States
locations =
area_served =
key_people = Colin V. Reed (CEO)
David C. Kloeppel (CFO)
John P. Caparella (COO)
industry = Hospitality, Entertainment
products =
services =
revenue = increase $747 million (2007)
operating_income = steady $43 million (2007)
net_income = increase $ 111 million (2007)
assets = decrease $ 2.3 billion (2007)
equity = increase $ 941 million (2007)
owner =
num_employees = 6,282
parent =
divisions =
subsid = Gaylord Hotels
homepage = http://www.gaylordentertainment.com/
footnotes =
intl =

Gaylord Entertainment Company (nyse|GET) operates a number of hotel, resort, and media companies that was built by Edward Gaylord.

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
* Grand Ole Opry
* WSM-AM
* Ryman Auditorium
* Wildhorse Saloon
* The General Jackson Showboat
* Corporate Magic, Inc. (special events production company)

Previously owned properties include:
* WKY Radio, Oklahoma City, OK
* 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)
* Word Entertainment
* Z Music Television (Christian music video channel)It was previously a subsidiary of the Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma Publishing Company

Its name still appeared on the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville (home of the Nashville Predators until March 16, 2007, though the naming rights agreement has been terminated. The facility reverted its name back to the original moniker of the Nashville Arena and is now known as Sommet Center.

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

Television stations formerly owned by Gaylord

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

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


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