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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

  [X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
  For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004

OR

  [  ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
  For the transition period from            to           

Commission file number: 1-13173

Boca Resorts, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
     
Delaware
  65-0676005
(State of Incorporation)
  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
501 E. Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida
  33432
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (561) 447-5300

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

     
Title of class Name of each exchange on which registered


Class A Common Stock,
par value $.01 per share
  New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

(Title of class)

      Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes x  No o

      Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. x

      Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2).  Yes x  No o

      As of August 31, 2004, the registrant had 39,985,789 shares of Class A common stock, $ .01 par value (the “Class A Common Stock”), outstanding and 255,000 shares of Class B common stock, $.01 par value (the “Class B Common Stock”), outstanding.

      The aggregate market value of the Registrant’s common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold as of the last business day of the Registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter was $455.4 million.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

      Part III Portions of the Registrant’s Proxy Statement relating to the 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

      Part IV Portions of previously filed reports and registration statements.




INDEX

TO FORM 10-K
             
Page
Number

 PART I
   Business     1  
   Properties     10  
   Legal Proceedings     10  
   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders     10  
 PART II
   Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities     11  
   Selected Financial Data     12  
   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations     13  
   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk     23  
   Financial Statements and Supplementary Data     24  
   Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure     46  
   Controls and Procedures     46  
   Other Information     46  
 PART III
   Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant     46  
   Executive Compensation     46  
   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management     46  
   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions     46  
   Principal Accountant Fees and Services     46  
 PART IV
   Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules and Reports on Form 8-K     46  
 Credit Agreement
 Amendment to Credit Agreement
 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
 Sec 302 Chief Executive Officer Certification
 Sec 302 Chief Financial Officer Certification
 Sec 906 CEO & CFO Certification

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PART I

Item 1.     Business

Introduction

      Unless the context otherwise indicates, references to “we”, “us” and “our” mean Boca Resorts, Inc., a company incorporated in Florida in 1996 and re-incorporated in Delaware in 1997.

      We are an owner and operator of five distinctive destination resorts located in Florida with hotels, conference facilities, golf courses, spas, marinas and private clubs. We have focused on the luxury and upscale resort segment because we believe these segments outperform other lodging industry segments, particularly in times of economic downturn. We previously owned an entertainment and sports business, which primarily included the operations of the Florida Panthers Hockey Club and related arena management operations. This business was sold in July 2001 and, therefore, our entertainment and sports business has been accounted for as discontinued operations.

      Our resorts include the Boca Raton Resort & Club (Boca Raton), the Registry Resort at Pelican Bay (Naples), the Edgewater Beach Hotel (Naples), the Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Hotel and Marina (Fort Lauderdale) and the Radisson Bahia Mar Resort and Yachting Center (Fort Lauderdale). We also own and operate two golf clubs located in Florida (Grande Oaks Golf Club in Davie and Naples Grande Golf Club in Naples) that serve as additional amenities to our resorts, as well as components of our exclusive social club, known as the Premier Club. In addition, we own and operate two golf courses in Boca Raton that are part of the Boca Raton Resort & Club.

      Our resorts possess considerable competitive and operational strengths. They are unique, irreplaceable assets in desirable waterfront locations with strong name recognition and positioning in their respective markets. We believe it would be difficult for potential competitors to replicate our resorts and, therefore, we benefit from high barriers to entry. Our resorts provide us with multiple, diverse revenue streams and primarily attract corporate groups and affluent leisure customers. We further believe that each of our properties is well positioned to maintain or increase market share. We historically increased revenue and cash flow in large part through the development of additional guestrooms and resort amenities at our existing properties and believe there are additional opportunities for development initiatives to our portfolio in the future.

      Our corporate website is located at www.bocaresortsinc.com. It is our policy to post on our website our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those Reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file them with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We also make available on our website beneficial ownership reports (Forms 3, 4 and 5) filed by our directors, our officers and other reporting persons under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Our Code of Business Conduct, corporate governance guidelines, important committee charters and committee and board composition are also available through our corporate website. Information contained on our website is not part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K or our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

      This Annual Report on Form 10-K is available at no charge upon written request to Boca Resorts, Inc., Attention: Investor Relations, 501 E. Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida 33432.

      For a discussion of our revenue, income and assets, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the Consolidated Financial Statements included later in this report.

Business Strategy

      Our objective is to enhance shareholder value principally through improvements in earnings, cash flow and the quality of our resorts. While management continuously evaluates ownership, acquisition and

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divestiture alternatives, we continue to pursue internal expansion and development opportunities at our existing properties. Specifically, we are focused on the following business strategy:

  •  Continuing internal growth through capital improvements at our resorts. We believe our resorts have the opportunity for continued internal growth. We have invested over $350.0 million in our resort portfolio since 1997 to enhance our properties’ unique character and market leadership. In addition to comprehensive guestroom renovations at all of our properties, capital enhancements have included the following projects: at the Boca Raton Resort & Club, a new 112 room yacht club overlooking our marina, a world-class 50,000 square foot spa complex, a golf clubhouse, additional retail and restaurant space, a 140,000 square foot conference center known as the Mizner Center, a redesigned golf course, a tennis and fitness center and a five story parking garage; at the Registry Resort at Pelican Bay, a new aquatic center, additional meeting space, newly renovated restaurant and night club facilities and beachfront improvements; at the Radisson Bahia Mar Resort and Yachting Center, a state-of-the-art marina renovation that includes 245 slips sized to accommodate yachts ranging in size from 80 feet to over 200 feet; at Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Hotel and Marina additional meeting space and the opening of Grille 66, an elegant restaurant with a waterfront setting; and at the Edgewater Beach Hotel additional meeting space and the construction of the Market on Gulf Shore, a new gourmet market. To enhance the Premier Club golf experience and further add to our resort amenities, we renovated Grande Oaks Golf Club in 1999 and constructed Naples Grande Golf Club in 2000.

  We believe that these capital expenditures have resulted in, and will continue to produce, increases in room and non-room revenue at our resorts. We also believe that the high quality of our resorts will continue to attract higher spending corporate groups, which in turn will increase total revenue per available room. Despite the economic recession and world events outside of our control including terrorism, war and political unrest, room revenue per available room was $146.02, $138.09 and $131.46 for the years ended June 30, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively, while total revenue per available room was $369.59, $343.12 and $329.73 for the years ended June 30, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.

  •  Continuing to focus on corporate groups and affluent leisure customers. We believe that our primary focus on corporate group customers and upscale leisure customers allows us to maximize total revenue per available room. It has been our experience that these customers are more likely to use the additional fee-for-use amenities and facilities available at our resorts, thereby increasing revenue. Additionally, group customers tend to book reservations 12 to 36 months in advance of their stay, which enables us to better estimate future revenue streams and manage corresponding expenses. We have also used group business to fill off-peak leisure periods. We believe by targeting upscale customers we are well positioned to take advantage of demographic trends (which include an aging “baby-boom” population with increasing disposable income) that are creating increased demand for luxury resorts and related amenities. We also believe we will be able to capitalize on these trends given our properties’ unique nature and locations. Our ability to capitalize on these trends is enhanced by the high barriers of entry into the luxury and upscale resort industries.
 
  •  Continuing to capitalize on integration and cost-saving opportunities. We own and operate all of our properties. As a result, we continue to integrate the operations of our properties, including reservations, purchasing, training, information systems, insurance, benefits and marketing, in order to achieve greater operating efficiencies and improved profit margins. In addition, we believe that managing all of our resorts by a single management team with established practices and systems will continue to improve the efficiency of the resort operations, create economies of scale and offer employees internal advancement opportunities.
 
  •  Continuing to enhance Premier Club value. We continue to enhance our Premier Club, which was first introduced in 1991 at the Boca Raton Resort & Club, by expanding its amenity base. Since the Boca Raton Resort is a private facility restricted to resort guests, membership in the Premier Club allows members’ access to the Boca Raton Resort grounds, restaurants, recreational facilities and other private social functions. We have consistently added to the resort amenity base with projects such as the world-class spa complex and golf clubhouse at the Boca Raton Resort and the aquatic center at the

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  Registry Resort at Pelican Bay. We expanded Premier Club operations with the opening of Grande Oaks Golf Club in June 1999 and Naples Grande Golf Club in February 2000. All Premier Club members have reciprocal privileges at each club. In addition to attracting new club members who provide an additional revenue base, we are able to offer guests of our Fort Lauderdale and Naples resorts play at the 18-hole championship facilities at Grande Oaks and Naples Grande. With our Premier Club, we generate substantial additional revenue by leveraging off of the resorts’ existing facilities and services. During the year ended June 30, 2004, we recognized $14.7 million in revenue associated with annual Premier Club dues, together with $12.7 million in revenue associated with Premier Club member use of amenities available to them on a fee-for-use basis. We anticipate that the Premier Club will continue to be successful in marketing resort amenities, including restaurants, pools, and where available, tennis, golf, spas and other leisure and recreational facilities to residents in local communities in a country club/social club setting.

      The following table sets forth a summary of the key physical attributes of each of our resorts:

                                                                         
Access to Access to No. No. of No.
No. of Conference No. of No. of No. of of Food & of
Rooms Space Golf Tennis Swimming Boat Beverage Retail
Acres /Suites Sq. Ft. Courses Courts Pools Slips Sites Shops









Boca Raton Resort & Club
    337       1,041       156,966       4 (a)     30       5       30       17       11  
Registry Resort at Pelican Bay
    18       474       43,020       1 (b)     15       5             8       5  
Edgewater Beach Hotel
    3       125       3,050         (b)       (c)     1 (c)           3        
Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Hotel and Marina
    24       380       26,905         (d)     2       2       127       6       2  
Radisson Bahia Mar Resort and Yachting Center
    39       296       20,150         (d)     4       1       245       3       2  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
      421 (e)     2,316       250,091       5       51       14       402       37       20  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 


(a)  Boca Raton Resort & Club maintains one 18-hole golf course on premises and another at the resort’s country club location. In addition, the resort has access to Grande Oaks Golf Club, which we own and to one 18-hole golf course through a use agreement.
 
(b)  Guests at the Registry Resort at Pelican Bay and the Edgewater Beach Hotel have access to the 18-hole Naples Grande Golf Club, which we own.
 
(c)  Edgewater Beach Hotel guests have access to the tennis courts and aquatic complex at the Registry Resort at Pelican Bay.
 
(d)  Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Hotel and Marina and Radisson Bahia Mar Resort and Yachting Center have access to Grande Oaks Golf Club.
 
(e)  Excludes the acreage associated with Grande Oaks and Naples Grande Golf Clubs.

      Amenities and services at our resorts include conference facilities, golf courses, tennis facilities, spas, fitness centers, marinas, restaurants, retail outlets, swimming pools, beach access and other activities and services. The diversity and number of amenities and services at our resorts provide us with substantial non-room revenue. For each of the years ended June 30, 2004, 2003 and 2002, 60% of resort revenue was generated from non-room sources. In addition, these luxury amenities and services allow us to maintain premium pricing for our rooms.

      Our resorts’ conference facilities and other amenities make them attractive locations for group functions. The conference facilities include over 250,000 square feet of conference space. We maintain our own in-house planning and logistics capabilities that allow sales and marketing personnel to market multiple resort locations to corporate and association groups that prefer to change conference locations from year to year.

      In addition to being available for our hotel guests, our resorts’ extensive amenity base is also available to Premier Club members. Membership in the Boca Raton Resort Premier Club allows Premier Club members access to the Boca Raton Resort & Club grounds, restaurants, recreational facilities and private social functions, which are otherwise restricted to resort guests. During the year ended June 30, 2004, the Boca Raton Resort Premier Club charged an initial membership fee of $50,000 and annual dues starting at $3,400

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for a social member and up to approximately $10,000 for a golf member with a household consisting of two adults. Additional golf dues are required for households with more than two adult members and for members who wish to use the resort’s tennis facilities. In addition, Premier Club members generate revenue through the use of existing resort facilities and services, which are available on a fee-for-use basis. Grande Oaks Golf Club and Naples Grande Golf Club offer members and guests of our Fort Lauderdale and Naples resorts play at these championship golf facilities and provide reciprocal amenities to other Premier Club members. During the year ended June 30, 2004, Naples Grande Premier Club charged an initial membership fee of $40,000 and annual dues starting at $1,900 for a social member and approximately $6,700 for a golf member. During the year ended June 30, 2004, Grande Oaks Golf Club charged an initial membership fee of $33,500 and annual dues of $5,950.

Summary Resort Information

Boca Raton Resort & Club

  •  Renovations/ Expansion. In January 2002, we completed the new yacht club. The yacht club consists of 112 water-view luxury guestrooms, additional meeting space and reconfigured marina slips. In December 2001, we completed a new 50,000 square foot world-class spa complex and a new golf clubhouse and casual restaurant. In 2000, we opened a new Tuscan-style restaurant and added retail space. In 1999, we completed a parking facility, a chiller plant and commenced activity on a room renovation, which encompassed most of the guestrooms and was concluded in December 2001. In January 1998, we completed a new 140,000 square foot conference facility, a tennis and fitness center complex and renovated the on site resort course through golf designer Gene Bates.
 
  •  Distinctions. Boca Raton Resort & Club has been awarded numerous honors including Travel & Leisure magazine Best Hotels in the World in 2004, Departures magazine Top Ten Luxury Resorts in 2004, Successful Meetings Pinnacle Award in 2003, Meeting and Conventions Gold Tee Award in 2003, Meetings and Conventions Gold Key Award for 2003 (and for the previous twenty-three consecutive years), Corporate Meetings and Incentives Paragon Award in 2002, Golf magazine Silver Medal Award for 2002 and the Readers’ Award as one of the “Top Hotels in North America” by Travel & Leisure magazine in 2001.

Registry Resort at Pelican Bay

  •  Renovations/Expansion. In January 2004, we completed a renovation of the Café Chablis Restaurant and the Registry’s popular nightclub. In January 2003, we completed a comprehensive room renovation covering 395 guestrooms, which included all new furnishings and new five fixture bathrooms. In December 2000, we added 6,000 square feet of flexible meeting space providing the resort with the largest meeting venue in the Naples market. We also completed a new aquatic center, which features Mangrove Mountain, a 100-foot water slide to the main pool and private cabana rentals and we completed beach improvements consisting of a new food and beverage outlet and a beach amenity rental center.
 
  •  Distinctions. Registry Resort has received AAA’s Four Diamond Award and been named to Zagat’s Top 10 Resorts in Florida every year since 1988, been named to Conde Nast Traveler Gold List every year since 1995, received both Meetings and Conventions Gold Key Award and Corporate Meetings and Incentives Paragon Award in 2001 and been named among the Top 100 World’s Best Resorts in the Continental U.S. by Travel & Leisure magazine in 2000.

Edgewater Beach Hotel

  •  Renovations/Expansion. In January 2004, we opened a new gourmet market deli and added meeting space. We also completed the final phase of the Edgewater Beach Hotel’s guest suite renovation in January 2003.

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  •  Distinctions. Edgewater Beach Hotel has consistently received AAA’s Four Diamond Award, been featured in Resorts and Great Hotels and been named to Conde Nast Traveler’s Best Places to Stay in the World.

Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Hotel and Marina

  •  Renovations/ Expansion. Hyatt Regency Pier 66 opened Grille 66 an upscale waterfront restaurant in December 2003, completed a renovation of its guestrooms in November 1998 and is currently undertaking exploratory design and permitting work for a marina redevelopment.
 
  •  Distinctions. Hyatt Regency Pier 66 received AAA’s Four Diamond Award for 2004 and in each of the previous twenty-one years, Successful Meetings magazine’s Pinnacle Award for 2004 and Meetings and Conventions Gold Key Award for 2004.
 
  •  Franchise Agreement. We have a franchise agreement with Hyatt Franchise Corporation (“Hyatt”) that terminates in November 2014. The agreement provides for the payment of monthly royalty fees equal to 5% of gross room revenue. The agreement also provides for the payment to Hyatt of certain Hyatt “allocable chain expenses” relating to sales and marketing costs based on the total number of guestrooms at Hyatt Regency Pier 66 compared to the average number of guestrooms in all Hyatt hotels in the United States, and the agreement provides for the payment of a fee for using the Hyatt reservation system. The agreement requires that Hyatt Regency Pier 66 maintain a reserve, equal to 4% of gross room revenue, for replacement of furniture, fixtures and equipment and for those repairs and maintenance costs that are capitalizable under generally accepted accounting principles. The agreement requires significant renovations of guestrooms, corridors and other public areas every five to six years. The replacement of other furniture, fixtures and equipment, as defined in the agreement, is required every 10 to 12 years.

Radisson Bahia Mar Resort and Yachting Center

  •  Renovations/Expansion. Radisson Bahia Mar completed a marina renovation in October 2003 and a comprehensive room renovation in 2000. The principal element of the marina refurbishment was the replacement of 330 fixed concrete and wood slips with a 245-slip floating dock system aimed at accommodating mega yachts ranging in size from 80 feet to over 200 feet.
 
  •  Distinctions. Radisson Bahia Mar received the Inner Circle award in 2004 from Association Meetings magazine and has consistently received the Mobil Travel Guide’s Three Star Award and the AAA’s Three Diamond Award. The Radisson Bahia Mar has previously been awarded the Radisson Hotels Worldwide President’s Award and the Anchor Award presented by Marine Industries Association of South Florida. Each Fall, the Radisson Bahia Mar marina is host to the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show, an annual six-day boating and marine event, which is believed to be the world’s largest in-water boat show.
 
  •  License Agreement. We have a license agreement with Radisson Hotels International, Inc., (“Radisson”) which expires in December 2004. The terms of the Radisson license agreement allow us to operate the hotel using Radisson’s proprietary hotel management system and require us to pay annual fees to Radisson equal to 5% of Radisson Bahia Mar’s gross room revenue. We are presently in discussions with Radisson concerning the license agreement and its renewal terms.
 
  •  Leases. The site of the resort is subject to a land lease with the City of Fort Lauderdale that expires in 2062.

      In addition to the resort properties discussed above, we also own and operate Grande Oaks Golf Club and Naples Grande Golf Club. Grande Oaks Golf Club was formerly known as Rolling Hills Golf Club, site of the movie comedy “Caddy Shack”. The property now features a redesigned 18-hole championship golf course designed by Raymond Floyd, a 35-acre, newly designed practice facility and a renovated clubhouse. Golf architect Rees Jones designed Naples Grande Golf Club. Varied elevations and unique water features have

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been carefully incorporated into the indigenous Florida foliage, which forms a spectacular backdrop for this par 72 championship course.

      We predominantly utilized cash flow from operations to fund the previously discussed renovations and expansion at our resorts and golf clubs.

Customers and Marketing

      Our core customer base consists of corporate and other group customers, affluent local residents, upscale leisure travelers and individual business travelers. Our marketing efforts involve (1) the use of a sales force to develop national corporate and other group business for our resort facilities by identifying, obtaining and maintaining corporate and other group accounts whose employees conduct business nationwide, and (2) the use of advertisements that target upscale leisure travelers and individual business travelers in magazines such as Conde Nast Traveler, Travel and Leisure, Travel Weekly and Meetings and Conventions and in newspapers such as The New York Times. Our two franchised resorts also benefit from the national reservation systems of the Hyatt and Radisson brands. We continue to expand our Internet presence and sales capabilities to increase revenue. In addition, we are integrating our proprietary customer databases, in order to sell additional products and services to existing customers, improve occupancy rates and create additional marketing opportunities.

Competition

      The resort and hotel industry is highly competitive. Competitive factors include room rates, quality of accommodations, service levels, convenience of location, reputation, reservation systems, name recognition, and availability of alternative resort and hotel operations in local markets. While some of our competitors are privately managed, several are large national and international chains that own and operate hotels or manage hotels owned by third parties. A variety of brands compete directly with us.

Insurance

      We maintain comprehensive insurance on our properties, including liability, business interruption, fire and extended coverage including windstorm and flood, in the types and amounts we believe are customary for the resort and hotel industry. Management uses discretion in determining amounts, coverage limits and deductible provisions of insurance, with a view to obtaining appropriate insurance on our properties at a reasonable cost and on suitable terms. This may result in insurance coverage that, in the event of a total loss, might not be sufficient to cover the full current market value of the property. In addition, in the event of such loss, the insurance proceeds received by us might not be adequate to restore the properties’ economic position. Certain insurance risks for medical and workers’ compensation are self-insured by us subject to certain stop-loss thresholds.

Environmental Matters

      Under various federal, state, and local environmental laws and regulations, an owner or operator of real property may be liable for the costs of removal or remediation of certain hazardous or toxic substances on such real property, as well as for the costs of complying with environmental laws regulating on-going operations. We have obtained Phase I environmental site assessments for the real property on which each of our resorts is located. In addition, Phase II environmental assessments have been conducted at several properties. Phase I assessments are intended to identify existing, potential and suspected environmental contamination and regulatory compliance concerns, and generally include historical reviews of the property, reviews of certain public records, preliminary visual investigations of the site and surrounding properties and the preparation and issuance of written reports. Phase II assessments involve the sampling of environmental media, such as subsurface soil and groundwater, to confirm whether contamination is present at areas of concern identified during the course of a Phase I assessment.

      The Phase I and Phase II assessments have not revealed any environmental liability or compliance concerns that we believe would have a material adverse effect on our business, nor are we aware of any such material liability or concern. Phase I and Phase II assessments cannot provide full and complete knowledge of

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environmental conditions and compliance matters. Therefore, we cannot assure you that: (1) material environmental liabilities or compliance concerns do not exist; (2) an identified matter that does not appear reasonably likely to be material will not result in significantly greater expenditures than is currently anticipated; or (3) there are not material environmental liabilities or compliance concerns of which we are unaware.

Employees

      At June 30, 2004, we employed 3,218 full-time and 613 part-time employees. In addition, we employed 12 corporate administrative personnel. None of our employees are subject to a collective bargaining agreement, and we believe that our relationship with our employees is good.

Seasonality

      Our revenue and income are seasonal in nature and are directly affected by the strength and seasonality of the tourism and leisure industry. Tourism is dependent upon weather and the traditional seasons for travel. Because of this variability in demand, our revenue fluctuates quarter-to-quarter, and revenue for the first quarter of each fiscal year can be expected to be lower than the remaining quarters. Historically, approximately 16%, 23%, 36% and 25% of annual revenue has been derived during the first, second, third and fourth fiscal quarters, respectively. Although historically the trend in quarterly revenue for the second, third and fourth fiscal quarters of each year (October through June) is generally higher than the first fiscal quarter (July through September), we cannot assure you that this will occur in future periods. Accordingly, quarterly or other interim results should not be considered indicative of results to be expected for any future quarter or for the full year.

Trademarks

      We have registered trademarks and service marks, some of which, including several relating to the Boca Resort name and Registry name, are of material importance to our business. Our other related marks, while valuable, are not material to our business. Trademarks are valid as long as they are in use and/or their registrations are properly maintained and they have not been found to be generic. We presently use national trade names for two of our resorts pursuant to licensing arrangements with national franchisors. The duration for use pursuant to the licensing arrangements is disclosed under “Franchise Agreement” and “License Agreement.”

Disposition Opportunities and Discontinued Operations

      We periodically review our business with the view to identify properties or other assets that no longer complement our operations.

      In December 2002, we sold a land parcel located in Plantation, Florida for $7.2 million, which yielded net proceeds of $7.1 million. We recorded an impairment loss of $2.4 million to reflect the difference between the carrying value of this land parcel and the net proceeds.

      In August 2002, we sold a land parcel located in Naples, Florida for $5.7 million, which yielded net proceeds of $5.6 million. We recorded a gain on the disposition of $2.3 million.

      In July 2001, we sold our entertainment and sports business after a thorough examination of its strategic relationship to the core leisure and recreation operations. The selling price for the business, which incorporated certain working capital adjustments, consisted of $83.5 million in cash, an $11.3 million secured promissory note (which was paid January 2002) and the assumption by the purchasers of certain off-balance sheet contingencies including a $10 million construction obligation secured by a performance bond. The net proceeds from the sale of the business after payment of disposal costs exceeded $70.0 million and the gain on disposition was $26.2 million.

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Risk Factors

      Our business, financial position, results of operations and future prospects and the prevailing market price and performance of our Class A Common Stock, may be adversely affected by a number of factors. Such factors, among other items, include:

        We face risks relating to travel. Our customers consist of corporate and other group customers, upscale leisure travelers and individual business travelers. A change in travel patterns resulting from slowing economic conditions, a change in corporate policies relating to group meetings, air or other travel disruption, third party increases in travel costs or disruption caused by natural disaster (including hurricanes which are common to South Florida), war or political unrest could have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations.
 
        We face a variety of risks associated with operating resorts. We may encounter risks common to the operations of resorts, including over-building (which may lower room rates), increases in operating costs due to inflation or other factors and decreases in revenue due to moderate or severe economic downturns. We may also face risks relating to the concentration of our resorts in South Florida. Any of these risks could have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations.
 
        We may make significant capital expenditures to further develop the resorts and these expenditures involve risks. Our growth strategy contemplates expanding the infrastructure at certain of our resorts. The resorts may also need periodic renovations or other capital improvements to keep them well maintained and competitive. Unexpected excessive costs of any expansion or needed renovation or capital improvements could have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations. Also, any capital expenditure for expansion, renovation or improvement of the resorts may not generate the financial returns expected. Such capital expenditures could involve certain risks, including the possibility of environmental problems; the possibility that cash to fund renovations will not be available or that financing for renovations will not be available on favorable terms; uncertainties as to market demand or deterioration in market demand after commencement of renovations; the emergence of unanticipated zoning, environmental and regulatory requirements; so called “acts of God”, such as hurricanes that could adversely impact a project and competition from other resorts, hotels and alternative lodging facilities.
 
        We may need to make capital expenditures in order to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Our resorts and other properties are subject to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (the “ADA”), which generally requires that public accommodations be made accessible to disabled persons. We believe that our resorts and other properties are in substantial compliance with the ADA and we will not be required to make substantial capital expenditures to address the current requirements of the ADA. However, compliance with the ADA could require removal of access barriers and noncompliance could result in the imposition of fines by the federal government or the award of damages to private litigants. If we were required to make substantial alterations in one or more of the resorts or other properties in order to comply with the ADA, our financial position and results of operations could be adversely affected.
 
        We may become subject to liabilities under environmental laws. Operating costs may be affected by the obligation to pay for the cost of complying with existing environmental laws, ordinances and regulations, including the cleanup of contamination, as well as the cost of complying with future legislation. In connection with the acquisition of our resorts and other properties, Phase I, and in some instances Phase II, environmental site assessments were obtained in order to evaluate potential environmental liabilities. Although these assessments have identified certain matters that will require us to incur costs to remedy, based on current information, none of these matters appears likely to have a material adverse effect on our business, assets, results of operations or liquidity. However, because these assessments cannot give full and complete knowledge of environmental liability and compliance matters, we cannot assure you that the costs of complying with environmental laws and of defending against claims of liability arising under environmental laws will not have a material adverse effect on the financial position and results of operations.

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        Our resort business is seasonal. Our resort operations are generally seasonal. The resorts historically experience greater revenue, costs and income in the third and fourth quarters of the fiscal year ended June 30 due to increased occupancy and room rates during the winter and spring months.
 
        The hotel and leisure industry is highly competitive. Our properties compete for customers with other hotel and resort properties, and, with respect to our Premier Club, with other operators of social clubs and golf courses. Some of our competitors may have substantially greater marketing and financial resources than we have and may improve their facilities, reduce their prices or expand or improve their marketing programs in ways that could adversely affect our financial position and results of operations.
 
        Our financing agreement limits operating flexibility. Our new senior secured credit facility requires us to maintain specified financial ratios and satisfy certain financial tests that could limit our ability to borrow money; pay dividends on stock or make certain other restricted payments; use assets as security in other transactions; make investments; enter into certain transactions with affiliates; and sell certain assets or merge with other companies. Although we are confident that we will continue to satisfy all of these requirements, our ability to meet those financial ratios and financial tests may be affected by events beyond our control, and we cannot assure you that we will meet those tests.
 
        Control by H. Wayne Huizenga. We have two classes of common stock, Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock. On each matter submitted for stockholder approval, each share of Class A Common Stock is entitled to one vote, and each share of Class B Common Stock is entitled to 10,000 votes. As of June 30, 2004, Mr. Huizenga, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, beneficially owned voting stock in our company with the power to vote 98.5% of the total votes entitled to be cast on any matter submitted to a vote of stockholders. As the sole owner of Class B Common Stock, Mr. Huizenga has the ability to indirectly control the management and policies, as well as the outcome of substantially all matters submitted to the stockholders for approval, including the election of directors.
 
        Nothing in the charter or bylaws restricts the transfer of Class B Common Stock. As a result, Mr. Huizenga may sell his controlling interest without the approval of the holders of Class A Common Stock and Mr. Huizenga may receive a substantial premium price for selling his controlling interest in our company.
 
        We depend on key personnel. For the foreseeable future, we will be materially dependent on the services of Mr. Huizenga. The loss of Mr. Huizenga’s services could have a material adverse effect on our business. We do not carry key man life insurance on Mr. Huizenga or on any of our officers or directors.
 
        We may face a variety of risks if we enter into business acquisitions, joint ventures and/or divestitures in the future. We may pursue acquisitions of resort-related or other types of businesses. In addition, we may pursue joint ventures and/or divestitures in the future. Our success will depend upon our ability to identify and finance attractive alternative business acquisitions, ventures and/or divestitures. The risks related to acquisitions, joint ventures and/or divestitures include: potential diversion of management; unanticipated liabilities or contingencies from acquired businesses or ventures; environmental and other regulatory costs; suitability of a joint venture partner; increased interest costs and costs related to integration of acquisitions; integrating the businesses that we acquire; need to manage growth of acquired businesses or joint ventures; potential corporate reorganization and reallocation of resources due to divestitures and potential one-time losses on divestitures.
 
        We may seek additional financing. We believe that cash on hand together with cash flow from operations will be sufficient to finance our business operations, meet our debt obligations and fund our short-term growth strategy. However, we cannot assure you that the business will generate the level of cash flow from operations that we expect or that future borrowings under credit facilities will be available to us. If the plans or assumptions change or if we experience unanticipated costs or competitive pressures, or if we cannot reduce our cost of borrowing or increase our borrowing base we may seek additional capital. We believe we can obtain additional capital by selling debt (provided certain incurrence tests are met pursuant to the existing debt agreement) or equity securities and/or by borrowing money, although

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  we cannot assure you that we will be able to do so. If additional capital is not obtained when it is needed, this may have a material adverse effect on our financial position and results of operations.

Item 2.     Properties

      Our corporate headquarters are located at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. We consider our resorts to be leading establishments with respect to desirability of location, size of facilities, physical condition, quality and variety of services offered in the areas in which they are located. See further description of properties under “Business”. Certain of our resorts serve as security under a revolving credit facility at June 30, 2004 and under our new senior credit facility entered into on July 22, 2004. See Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included later in this report.

 
Item 3.      Legal Proceedings

      We are not involved in any material legal proceedings. However, we may from time to time become a party to legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business, which are incidental to our business.

 
Item 4.      Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

      None.

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PART II

 
Item 5.      Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

      Our Class A Common Stock began trading on The Nasdaq National Market on November 13, 1996 under the symbol “PUCK.” On July 11, 1997, our Class A Common Stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “PAW.” On September 29, 1999, our Class A Common Stock began trading on the NYSE under the symbol “RST”. The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the range of the high and low sales prices per share for our Class A Common Stock.

                   
Price Range of Class A
Common Stock

High Low


Fiscal year Ended June 30, 2004:
               
 
First Quarter
  $ 13.53     $ 12.34  
 
Second Quarter
    15.43       12.93  
 
Third Quarter
    17.87       15.06  
 
Fourth Quarter
    19.92       16.83  
Fiscal year Ended June 30, 2003:
               
 
First Quarter
  $ 13.30     $ 9.60  
 
Second Quarter
    11.87       9.60  
 
Third Quarter
    11.86       10.00  
 
Fourth Quarter
    13.20       10.96  

      On August 31, 2004 the last reported sales price of our Class A Common Stock on the NYSE was $19.20. As of the same date, there were approximately 8,800 holders of record of our Class A Common Stock.

      Since our inception, we have not paid any cash dividends on our Class A Common Stock or the Class B Common Stock. Our ability to pay dividends had been limited in dollar amount under covenants of our outstanding senior subordinated notes. The senior subordinated notes were fully redeemed in August 2004 with proceeds from a new senior credit facility. The covenants under the new senior credit facility, including those relating to the payment of dividends, are less restrictive than those under which the senior subordinated notes were issued. See Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included later in this report. We did not have any repurchases of our common stock during the year ended June 30, 2004.

Equity Compensation Plans

      The following table summarizes our stock option plans as of June 30, 2004:

                         
Number of
Number of Securities
Securities to be Remaining Available
Issued Upon Weighted Average for Future Issuance
Exercise of Exercise Price of Under Stock Option
Outstanding Options Outstanding Options Plan



Stock option plan approved by stockholders
    6,590,304     $ 14.15       1,185,977  
Stock option plan not approved by stockholders
                 
     
     
     
 
Total
    6,590,304     $ 14.15       1,185,977  
     
     
     
 

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Item 6.   Selected Financial Data

      The financial data set forth below should be read in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto contained in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. In July 2001, we sold our entertainment and sports business. Therefore, our entertainment and sports business has been accounted for as discontinued operations and the accompanying selected financial data has been restated to report separately the net assets and liabilities and operating results of this discontinued operation.

                                           
For the Years Ended June 30,

2004 2003 2002 2001 2000





In thousands, except per share data
Statement of Operations Data:
                                       
Leisure and recreation revenue
  $ 313,335     $ 290,174     $ 273,043     $ 329,171     $ 361,360  
Operating expenses:
                                       
Cost of leisure and recreation services
    137,426       130,272       123,529       143,567       156,620  
Selling, general and administrative expenses
    85,840       85,983       83,146       89,624       98,731  
Amortization and depreciation
    40,038       38,026       34,790       35,490       34,436