Claim Jumper
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Industry | Restaurant |
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Founded | 1977 in Los Alamitos, California |
Headquarters | Houston, Texas, United States |
Key people | Tilman J. Fertitta (President, CEO, and owner) |
Parent | Landry's Restaurants |
Website |
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Claim Jumper Restaurant and Saloon is an American restaurant chain with more than 40 locations. The company is based in Houston, Texas. Claim Jumper is wholly owned by Landry's, Inc.[1]
History
Restaurateur Craig Nickoloff opened the first Claim Jumper in Los Alamitos, California, on September 27, 1977.[2] The original restaurant had a large menu and an atmosphere inspired by California's Gold Rush of 1849.[3]
Acquisition by Landry’s, Inc.
In September 2010, the chain filed for bankruptcy and was slated to be auctioned off.[4][5] In October 2010, Landry’s, Inc. acquired Claim Jumper, with a bid of $76.6 million.[6] Landry's President/CEO Tilman J. Fertitta relocated the company’s headquarters from Irvine, California, to Landry’s corporate headquarters in the Uptown area of Houston.[7]
References
- ↑ "Claim Jumper Restaurants". Claimjumper.com. September 27, 1977. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
- ↑ "O.C. History Roundup: Claim Jumper, Los Alamitos, 1977". Ochistorical.blogspot.com. October 12, 2010. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
- ↑ Aamodt, M.G. (2015). Industrial/Organizational Psychology: An Applied Approach. Cengage Learning. p. 478. ISBN 978-1-305-46528-2. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ↑ McCarty, Dawn (September 10, 2010). "Claim Jumper Restaurants Files for Bankruptcy With Plan to Sell Business". Bloomberg. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Claim Jumper Chapter 11 Petition" (PDF). PacerMonitor. PacerMonitor. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ↑ Thorn, Bret (October 30, 2010). "Landry's to acquire Claim Jumper | Archive content from Nation's Restaurant News". Nrn.com. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
- ↑ "Claim Jumper moves headquarters to Texas". The Orange County Register. Retrieved November 2, 2013.