The Anschutz Corporation is an American
private holding company headquartered in
Denver, Colorado, United States.
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a company history and profile from FundingUniverse.com The company was started in 1958 by Fred Anschutz, a
wildcatter
A wildcatter is an individual who drills wildcat wells, which are exploration oil wells drilled in areas not known to be oil fields. Notable wildcatters include Glenn McCarthy, Thomas Baker Slick Sr., Mike Benedum, Joe Trees, Clem S. Clarke, ...
, who developed and operated
oil wells.
Philip Anschutz
Philip Frederick Anschutz ( ; born December 28, 1939) is an American billionaire businessman who owns or controls companies in a variety of industries, including energy, railroads, real estate, sports, newspapers, movies, theaters, arenas and mu ...
, Fred's eldest son, assumed control of the company in 1962 and diversified it with holdings in the
entertainment and
hospitality industries.
The Anschutz Exploration Corporation subsidiary has continued the original business of discovering and developing oil and gas wells, with particular focus on projects in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.
Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG)
The company's entertainment industry holdings are mostly controlled by its subsidiary
Anschutz Entertainment Group
The Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), also known as AEG Worldwide, is an American global sporting and music entertainment presenter and a subsidiary of The Anschutz Corporation. It is the world's largest owner of sports teams and sports event ...
(AEG), a sporting and music entertainment presenter and the world's largest owner of sports teams and sports events. The company is further broken down into several groups including AEG Presents, AEG Sports,
AXS.com and the Anschutz Film Group. AEG Presents organizes several large music entertainment festivals including
Coachella and
Stagecoach,
AEG Sports
AEG Sports owns the
LA Galaxy soccer team and the
Los Angeles Kings hockey team, and Anschutz Film Group owns
Bristol Bay Productions
Bristol Bay Productions is a film company (the sister company of Walden Media), which produces films based on the books and lives of famous and influential people. It was established in 1995 as Crusader Entertainment, and was renamed as Bristol ...
and
Walden Media. The Anschutz Corporation also owns
Ken Ehrlich Productions and the Clarity Media Group, the parent company of ''
The Gazette'', a newspaper in Colorado Springs and ''
Washington Examiner'', a
conservative
Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization ...
news website and weekly magazine.
Xanterra Travel Collection
The company's hospitality industry holdings are mostly controlled by its subsidiary
Xanterra Travel Collection. Xanterra holds the franchise rights to operate resorts inside several major national parks including
Crater Lake
Crater Lake (Klamath: ''Giiwas'') is a volcanic crater lake in south-central Oregon in the western United States. It is the main feature of Crater Lake National Park and is famous for its deep blue color and water clarity. The lake partly fills ...
(
Crater Lake Lodge
Crater Lake Lodge is a hotel built in 1915 to provide overnight accommodations for visitors to Crater Lake National Park in southern Oregon, US. The lodge is located on the southwest rim of the Crater Lake caldera overlooking the lake below. The ...
),
Death Valley
Death Valley is a desert valley in Eastern California, in the northern Mojave Desert, bordering the Great Basin Desert. During summer, it is the hottest place on Earth.
Death Valley's Badwater Basin is the point of lowest elevation in Nort ...
(
Oasis at Death Valley
The Oasis at Death Valley, formerly called Furnace Creek Inn and Ranch Resort, is a luxury resort in Furnace Creek, on private land within the boundaries of California's Death Valley National Park. It is owned and operated by Xanterra Parks and ...
), and the
Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon (, yuf-x-yav, Wi:kaʼi:la, , Southern Paiute language: Paxa’uipi, ) is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in Arizona, United States. The Grand Canyon is long, up to wide and attains a depth of over a mi ...
(
Bright Angel Lodge
Bright Angel Lodge is a hotel complex at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Designed by architect Mary Jane Colter, the lodge is a complex of cabins around a central lodge building, directly on the edge of t ...
,
El Tovar Hotel
The El Tovar Hotel, also known simply as El Tovar, is a former Harvey House hotel situated directly on the south rim of the Grand Canyon in Arizona, United States.
The hotel was designed by Charles Whittlesey, Chief Architect for the Atchison ...
,
Maswik Lodge
Maswik Lodge is a lodge in Grand Canyon National Park that is run by Xanterra Parks & Resorts. It is named after a Hopi Kachina figure said to watch over the Grand Canyon. Maswik Lodge is located about from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. It i ...
and
Phantom Ranch). Xanterra also operates the
Grand Canyon Railway
The Grand Canyon Railway is a heritage railroad which carries passengers between Williams, Arizona, and the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
The railroad, built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, was completed on September ...
,
Kingsmill Resort
Kingsmill Resort is a vacation, conference, and golf resort in the eastern United States, located in James City County, Virginia, southeast of Williamsburg. It is located on a portion of the Kingsmill Plantation; the original plantation stru ...
, and
Windstar Cruises
Windstar Cruises is a cruise line that operates a fleet of small luxury cruise ships. Its six yachts carry just 148 to 310 guests and cruise to 50 nations, calling at 150 ports throughout Europe, the South Pacific, the Caribbean, and Central Amer ...
.
The Broadmoor-Sea Island Company
The Anschutz Corporation also owns The Broadmoor-Sea Island Company which operates
The Broadmoor hotel,
The Broadmoor Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway and the
Sea Island resort.
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Holding companies of the United States
Companies based in Denver
Holding companies established in 1958
1958 establishments in Colorado
American companies established in 1958
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