Quayle Holdings (Here We Go Again!)

Quayle Holdings, Inc. (sometimes simply called Quayle) is an American restaurant and sports holding company headquartered in Arlington County, Virginia. Quayle operates the Rock-afire, Moonrockers Pizza, Howard Johnson's, Fuddruckers, and Kenny Rogers Roasters restaurant brands. It formerly operated franchises for ShowBiz. It also owns the Washington Warriors NFL team, the Washington Capitals NHL team, the Washington Justice NBA team, the Washington Mystics WNBA team, the Capital City Go-Go NBA G League team, and owns a majority share in the NASCAR team PQHJ Motorsports. Other properties owned include Washington Sports Network, Northwest Stadium, Capital One Arena, EagleBank Arena, and the defunct Arena Football League (AFL) teams Washington Valor and Baltimore Brigade.
== History ==
Quayle Holdings was formed in 1975 as Thompson Holdings by Carmen Quayle (then under her maiden name Thompson) to franchise restaurants. It was renamed to Quayle Holdings in 1978 after Carmen married Joseph Quayle.
In 1985, Quayle purchased the struggling Howard Johnson's restaurant chain after the dissolution of The Howard Johnson Company (the motor lodge chain, now named Howard Johnson, is currently owned by Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, which licenses the brand from Quayle). The following year, Quayle and Creative Engineering, Inc. founded Rock-afire.
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