Claim Jumper
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Claim Jumper Restaurant and Saloon is an American restaurant chain with 11 locations<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> as of October 28, 2023. The company is based in Houston, Texas.
HistoryEdit
Restaurateur Craig Nickoloff opened the first Claim Jumper in Los Alamitos, California, on September 27, 1977.Template:Citation needed The original restaurant had a large menu and an atmosphere inspired by California's Gold Rush of 1849.<ref name="Aamodt 2015">Template:Cite book</ref>
Acquisition by Landry’s, Inc.Edit
In September 2010, the chain filed for bankruptcy and was slated to be auctioned off.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In October 2010, Landry's, Inc. acquired Claim Jumper, with a bid of $76.6 million.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Franchised locationsEdit
All locations on the claimjumper.com website are franchised to Kelly Restaurant Group (KRG). Template:As of, KRG has locations in California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fact that part of the business was a buffet, KRG closed some of its locations, including the ones in Long Beach, California, Valencia, California,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Nashville, Tennessee,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Lynnwood, Washington.<ref>https://www.claimjumper.com/locations/lynnwood Template:Bare URL inline</ref>
Non-franchised locationsEdit
There are three locations that are still owned and operated by Landry's. They are located inside the Golden Nuggets of Laughlin, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Lake Charles, Louisiana. These are also the only Claim Jumpers to be under the Landry's Select Club rewards program.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>