The Tampa Bay Area was also granted a franchise, the Devil Rays ( to be based in St. Petersburg ), at the same time.

In the Nintendo / GameFreak video game franchise " Pokémon ", there are three creatures in the same evolutionary chain named Abra, Kadabra, and Alakazam ( the third of which is also an alleged magic word used by stage magicians ).

The facility is also home to The Raider Image, the merchandise arm of the franchise, which the public can visit.

Six former Oriole franchise radio announcers have received the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting: Chuck Thompson ( who was also the voice of the old NFL Baltimore Colts ); Jon Miller ( now with the San Francisco Giants ); Ernie Harwell, Herb Carneal ; Bob Murphy and Harry Caray ( as a St. Louis Browns announcer in the 1940s.

There are also a number of local or specialised rail services operated on an ' open access ' basis outside the franchise arrangements.

In 2011, Selig also demanded that the Astros move to the American League West as a condition of the sale of the franchise to businessman Jim Crane ; the team will switch leagues in 2013.

Young also co-founded Linux Journal in 1994, and in 2003, he purchased the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, a Canadian Football League franchise.

The Bears have also recorded more regular season and overall victories than any other NFL franchise.

However, in 1991, as part of Major League Baseball's two-team expansion ( they also added the former Florida ( now Miami ) Marlins ), an ownership group representing Denver led by John Antonucci and Michael I. Monus were granted a franchise ; they took the name “ Rockies ” due to Denver's proximity to the Rocky Mountains, which is reflected in their logo.

) Once again, three Rockies ( Walker, Galarraga, and Castilla ) hit 40 or more homers ; Walker also won the first Gold Glove in franchise history.

They also finished ahead of the Dodgers in the division for the first time in franchise history.

The victory also marked the club's 91st win of the season, breaking the franchise record set in 2007.

The Rockies also broke a franchise record with 13 hits in a single inning.

As the franchise was increased, it also was made more uniform, as many so-called rotten boroughs, with a handful of voters electing a Member of Parliament, were eliminated in the Reform Act of 1832.

Oilman Clint Murchison Jr had been trying to get an NFL expansion team in Dallas ( also Lamar Hunt – who ended up with an AFL franchise ), but George Preston Marshall owner of the Washington Redskins had a monopoly in the south.

The new Detroit franchise also adopted the Cougars ' nickname in honor of the folded franchise.

This was also the first season behind the bench for Jack Adams, who would be the face of the franchise the next 36 years as either coach or general manager.

The Marlins also turned their first ever triple play in franchise history on July 28, 2002.

The code also regulates the content of franchise agreements, for example in relation to marketing funds, a cooling-off period, termination, and the resolution of disputes by mediation.

Other brands that are also present in Kazakhstan through the franchise system include Pepsi, Hilton, Marriott, Intercontinental, and Pizza Hut.

The nickname " Texans " was also used by the precursor of the NFL's present-day Kansas City Chiefs, the Dallas Texans, which was also the name of a former Arena Football League franchise.

The fictional British Secret Service agent has also been adapted for television, radio, comic strip and video game formats as well as being used in the longest continually running and the second-highest grossing film franchise to date, which started in 1962 with Dr. No, starring Sean Connery as Bond.

St. Louis was considered the favorite for the second franchise, with Baltimore's three bids also considered strong.

According to the official site of the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Barron Hilton agreed after his general manager, Frank Leahy picked the Chargers name when he purchased an AFL franchise for Los Angeles.

There have been several shows that were at first overlooked for US distribution, only to be picked up later when fansubs helped create a buzz about the franchise.

Soon after the Blues closest rival in Connecticut, the West Siders franchise, soon folded and George Mulligan immediately picked up the lease on Clarkin Field and renamed his team the Hartford Blues.

Carolina picked up the franchise as part of the agreement to move the Hartford Whalers to the Greensboro Coliseum, which displaced the Greensboro Monarchs ( AHL ).

In the 1970 off-season, he was told by Rangers management he would be unprotected for the upcoming NHL Expansion Draft to be picked up by either the Buffalo Sabres or the Vancouver Canucks ( the franchise left the WHL to join the NHL ).

On June 24, 2005, the Bobcats picked up the option for the fourth year on Okafor's contract, as he has quickly established himself as the face of the franchise, and a solid player for years to come.

An option on his contract was not picked up in April 1989 and he retired, paving the way for Troy Aikman to take the reins of the struggling franchise.

In 1988, they became the Vermont Mariners for one year when the Seattle Mariners picked up the franchise to serve as its Double-A affiliate.

The Roughnecks picked up Kelusky first overall in the dispersal draft after the Express franchise folded in 2002.

Fuego made their debut in PDL competition in 2003, having picked up the franchise rights in 2002 by then partners Jaime Marquez Sr., J. Francisco Alvarez, J. Antonio Alvarez & Jaime Marquez Jr. from the former PDL champions, the Central Coast Roadrunners from San Luis Obispo.

That league only lasted one season, and he was later picked up by the new Renegades franchise in Ottawa where he coached from 2002 – 2005, compiling a 23 Win-49 Loss record.

In the end of 2006, he was picked by the Stormers franchise to be part of their team for the 2007 Super 14 where he strengthened his chances to once again don the Springboks colors.

The new Washington Senators franchise picked him up, then traded him to the Kansas City Athletics for pitcher Marty Kutyna in December 1960.

The following season, the Wings looked poised to " three-peat " for the first time in franchise history, acquiring three-time top blueliner Chris Chelios from his hometown Chicago Blackhawks in March 1999, but they would end up losing the Western Conference Semifinals to Colorado in six games.

Featuring a video on the history of the Star Trek franchise, Nunan held up previous installments of the franchise as proof-of-concept that Enterprise would succeed.

After the 1992 season, owner Bob Lurie, who had previously saved the franchise from moving to Toronto in 1976, put the team up for sale.

* July 3 – Back to the Future opens in American theatres and ends up being the highest grossing film of 1985 in the United States and the first film in the successful franchise.

It was the second time in franchise history the team lost a series after being up 3 games to 1.

These initially poor colonies end up developing an open franchise, equality, and broad public education, which helps them experience greater economic growth than the colonies that had exploited their economies of scale.

Led by an ABA top-3 scoring guard Levern Tart, the Nets finished in fourth place and made the playoffs for the first time in franchise history in the 1969 – 70 season, and attendance went up threefold to 3, 504.

The Bulls won their second straight title in after racking up another franchise record for wins with 67.

After only one year, they exercised their option to tear up the lease agreement, buy the franchise outright and keep the team in San Antonio for good.

When the Newburgh Hummingbirds were kicked out of Delano-Hitch Stadium for non-payment of rent just two weeks into the 1946 season, the franchise shifted to a baseball diamond in Bradley Park, which hurriedly put up some makeshift stands.

In 1981 General Mills bought up Airfix Industries and with it what was left of Meccano Ltd UK, giving it complete control of the Meccano franchise.

The story claimed Nimoy personally ripped up all of the photographs and negatives when he learned about the unauthorized photo session, because he feared harm to the franchise if it ever came to light.

Central Trains had a major shakeup between 2004-05 to prepare them for the eventual break up of the franchise.

In the run up to the bidding process for the South Central / Gatwick Express combined franchise, reports emerged suggesting that Transport for London, the operator of the London Overground service, wished to take control of all overground services in South London, including the ' Metro ' area of the South Central franchise, however such a transfer never took place and the entire franchise was put forward for tender by the Department for Transport.

In addition, Tecmo Koei and Namco Bandai have included the series in " Dynasty Warriors: Gundam " franchise ever since the first one came out in 2007, and it's still going strong up to this point.

It was then brought up to Radisson Standards and branded Radisson Resort Hotel as a franchise.

This resulted in TWW setting up a ' dual franchise ', with a service for South Wales being originated from Cardiff, and a service for the ' West of England ' from Bristol, together with a common ' General Service '.

Following the intervention of the ITA, a temporary service was set up — Independent Television Service for Wales and the West, broadcasting from the old TWW Pontcanna studios in Cardiff, and staffed by former TWW workers, until Harlech ( soon renamed " HTV ") was ready to take over its franchise early, on 20 May 1968.

In 1990, Granada in the run up to the 1990 franchise round, relaunched its on screen branding to a blue stripe descending from the top of the screen, containing the pointed ' G ', against a plain white background accompanied by the same music as previously.

In 2002, the company began a new franchise of up to twenty years, subject to the company making various investments in and improvements to the route over that period.