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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;2, 2004



<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE<BR>
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation</B>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B><BR>
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>46-0371161</B><BR>
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">3900 West Innovation Street, Sioux Falls, SD
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">57107</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation<BR>
Stock Option Plan</B><BR>
(Full Title of the Plan)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Scott C. Petersen, Chief Executive Officer, LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation<BR>
3900 West Innovation Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57107</B><BR>
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(605)&nbsp;988-1000</B><BR>
Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Copies to:



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Mark S. Weitz, Esq.<BR>
Leonard, Street and Deinard Professional Association<BR>
150 South Fifth Street<BR>
Suite&nbsp;2300<BR>
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402<BR>
(612)&nbsp;335-1500</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>


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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Offering</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Aggregate</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Amount of</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Share (2)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Price (2)</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><B>Common Stock</B></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><B>750,000</B></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>17.12</B></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><B>$</B></TD>
    <TD align="right"><B>12,840,000</B></TD>
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    <TD><B>Calculated pursuant to General Instruction E to </B><B>Form S-8</B><B>.</B></TD>
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    <TD><B>Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to </B><B>Rule 457(c)</B><B> by extension of </B><B>Rule 457(h)</B><B> and based upon the
average of the high and low prices for such stock on the Nasdaq National
Market on June&nbsp;29, 2004.</B></TD>
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    <TD><B>The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in
accordance with Rule&nbsp;462 under the Securities Act of 1933.</B></TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="c86497exv5w1.txt">Opinion/Consent of Leonard, Street and Deinard</A></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="c86497exv23w2.txt">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</A></TD></TR>
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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 is filed by LodgeNet Entertainment
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the Registrant, relating to 750,000 shares
of its common stock, par value $.01 per share, issuable pursuant to the
exercise of options granted to eligible persons pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s
Stock Option Plan.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED BY GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of increasing
the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which
Registration Statements of the Registrant on Form S-8 relating to the same
employee benefit plan are effective. The contents of the Registrant&#146;s
Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Numbers 333-84974, 333-34160, and
333-75908) are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference.





<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors.</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended,
allows a corporation to include a provision in its certificate of incorporation
limiting or eliminating the personal liability of directors of the corporation
to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director (a)&nbsp;breached his/her
duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (b)&nbsp;acted not in good
faith or in knowing violation of a law, (c)&nbsp;authorized the payment of a
dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware General
Corporation Law or (d)&nbsp;obtained an improper personal benefit from a
transaction.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;145 of the Delaware General Corporate Law permits a corporation to
indemnify a person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to
any threatened, pending or completed third party proceeding, other than an
action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that such
person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation
against expenses including attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding. The power to indemnify applies (a)&nbsp;if
such person is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action,
suit or proceeding, or (b)&nbsp;if such person acted in good faith and in a manner
such person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests
of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
no reasonable cause to believe that such person&#146;s conduct was unlawful. In a
derivative action, i.e., one by or in the right of the corporation, the
corporation is permitted to indemnify any of its directors or officers against
expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees, actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if
such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that
the corporation shall not indemnify such person if such person shall have been
adjudged liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the
court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses despite such adjudication of liability. The rights granted under this
section of the Delaware General Corporate Law are not exclusive of any other
rights to which such person is entitled. The corporation may purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of such persons against any liability asserted
against or incurred by such persons in any capacity as or arising out of such
persons&#146; status as an director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides, among other
things, that all directors who willfully or negligently approve an unlawful
payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption may be held
liable for the full amount paid out in connection with these actions. A
director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were approved or
dissented at the time, may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to
these actions to be entered in the books containing the minutes of the meetings
of the board of directors at the time the action occurred or immediately after
the absent director receives notice of the unlawful acts. Any director against
whom a claim is successfully asserted may recover contribution from any other
directors who voted or concurred in the unlawful action.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Article&nbsp;Seventh of the Registrant&#146;s Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
as amended, and Article&nbsp;6 of the Registrant&#146;s By-Laws provide for
indemnification of the Registrant&#146;s officers and directors to the fullest
extent provided by the Delaware General Corporation Law and other applicable
laws as currently in effect and as they may be amended in the future.




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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Leonard, Street and Deinard Professional Association</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Leonard, Street and Deinard Professional Association (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Sioux Falls, State of South Dakota on this 2nd day
of July, 2004.

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    <TD colspan="3">LODGENET ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION<BR>
(Registrant)<BR>
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    <TD colspan="3" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Scott C. Petersen
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    <TD colspan="3">SCOTT C. PETERSEN&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3">President, Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman
(Principal Executive Officer)&nbsp;</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Scott C. Petersen and Gary H. Ritondaro, and
each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including
post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement, and to file the
same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or his substitute
or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Scott C. Petersen<BR>
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Scott C. Petersen</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
President and Chief Executive<BR>
Officer (Principal Executive<BR>
Officer), Chairman and Director
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 2, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Gary H. Ritondaro<BR>
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Gary H. Ritondaro</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Senior Vice President and Chief<BR>
Financial Officer (Principal<BR>
Financial Officer and Principal<BR>
Accounting Officer)
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 2, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ R. Douglas Bradbury<BR>
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R. Douglas Bradbury</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 2, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Scott H. Shlecter<BR>
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Scott H. Shlecter</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 1, 2004</TD>
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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Richard R. Hylland<BR>
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Richard R. Hylland</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 2, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ R. F. Leyendecker<BR>
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R. F. Leyendecker</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 1, 2004</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD align="center" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Jarl Mohn<BR>
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Jarl Mohn</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">July 1, 2004</TD>
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Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 2, 2004
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
46-0371161
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
3900 West Innovation Street, Sioux Falls, SD
57107
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation
Stock Option Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Scott C. Petersen, Chief Executive Officer, LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation
3900 West Innovation Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57107
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(605) 988-1000
Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service
Copies to:
Mark S. Weitz, Esq.
Leonard, Street and Deinard Professional Association
150 South Fifth Street
Suite 2300
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
(612) 335-1500
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed
Maximum
Maximum
Amount
Offering
Aggregate
Amount of
to be
Price Per
Offering
Registration
Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
Registered (1)
Share (2)
Price (2)
Fee (2)
Common Stock
750,000
$
17.12
$
12,840,000
$
1,626.83
(1)
Calculated pursuant to General Instruction E to
Form S-8
.
(2)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
pursuant to
Rule 457(c)
by extension of
Rule 457(h)
and based upon the
average of the high and low prices for such stock on the Nasdaq National
Market on June 29, 2004.
The Registration Statement shall become effective upon filing in
accordance with Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933.
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PART II
SIGNATURES
Opinion/Consent of Leonard, Street and Deinard
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Information Re: Consent of Arthur Anderson LLP
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PART II
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT
This
Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by LodgeNet Entertainment
Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the Registrant, relating to 750,000 shares
of its common stock, par value $.01 per share, issuable pursuant to the
exercise of options granted to eligible persons pursuant to the Registrant's
Stock Option Plan.
INFORMATION REQUIRED BY GENERAL INSTRUCTION E TO FORM S-8
This Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of increasing
the number of securities of the same class as other securities for which
Registration Statements of the Registrant on Form S-8 relating to the same
employee benefit plan are effective. The contents of the Registrant's
Registration Statements on Form S-8 (File Numbers 333-84974, 333-34160, and
333-75908) are incorporated in this Registration Statement by reference.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 6. Indemnification of Officers and Directors.
Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended,
allows a corporation to include a provision in its certificate of incorporation
limiting or eliminating the personal liability of directors of the corporation
to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of
fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director (a) breached his/her
duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (b) acted not in good
faith or in knowing violation of a law, (c) authorized the payment of a
dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware General
Corporation Law or (d) obtained an improper personal benefit from a
transaction.
Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporate Law permits a corporation to
indemnify a person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to
any threatened, pending or completed third party proceeding, other than an
action by or in the right of the corporation, by reason of the fact that such
person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation
against expenses including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
with such action, suit or proceeding. The power to indemnify applies (a) if
such person is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action,
suit or proceeding, or (b) if such person acted in good faith and in a manner
such person reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests
of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
no reasonable cause to believe that such person's conduct was unlawful. In a
derivative action, i.e., one by or in the right of the corporation, the
corporation is permitted to indemnify any of its directors or officers against
expenses, including attorneys' fees, actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if
such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that
the corporation shall not indemnify such person if such person shall have been
adjudged liable to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the
court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
that such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such
expenses despite such adjudication of liability. The rights granted under this
section of the Delaware General Corporate Law are not exclusive of any other
rights to which such person is entitled. The corporation may purchase and
maintain insurance on behalf of such persons against any liability asserted
against or incurred by such persons in any capacity as or arising out of such
persons' status as an director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation.
Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides, among other
things, that all directors who willfully or negligently approve an unlawful
payment of dividends or an unlawful stock purchase or redemption may be held
liable for the full amount paid out in connection with these actions. A
director who was either absent when the unlawful actions were approved or
dissented at the time, may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to
these actions to be entered in the books containing the minutes of the meetings
of the board of directors at the time the action occurred or immediately after
the absent director receives notice of the unlawful acts. Any director against
whom a claim is successfully asserted may recover contribution from any other
directors who voted or concurred in the unlawful action.
Article Seventh of the Registrant's Restated Certificate of Incorporation,
as amended, and Article 6 of the Registrant's By-Laws provide for
indemnification of the Registrant's officers and directors to the fullest
extent provided by the Delaware General Corporation Law and other applicable
laws as currently in effect and as they may be amended in the future.
Item 8.
Exhibits
Exhibits
Description
5.1
Opinion of Leonard, Street and Deinard Professional Association
23.1
Consent of Leonard, Street and Deinard Professional Association (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.3
Information Regarding Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
24.1
Power of Attorney (included in signature page of this Registration Statement)
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Sioux Falls, State of South Dakota on this 2nd day
of July, 2004.
LODGENET ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
(Registrant)
/s/ Scott C. Petersen
SCOTT C. PETERSEN
President, Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman
(Principal Executive Officer)
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, that each person whose signature appears
below constitutes and appoints Scott C. Petersen and Gary H. Ritondaro, and
each of them, his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full
power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments, including
post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement, and to file the
same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each
and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all
intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or his substitute
or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Scott C. Petersen
Scott C. Petersen
President and Chief Executive
Officer (Principal Executive
Officer), Chairman and Director
July 2, 2004
/s/ Gary H. Ritondaro
Gary H. Ritondaro
Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (Principal
Financial Officer and Principal
Accounting Officer)
July 2, 2004
/s/ R. Douglas Bradbury
R. Douglas Bradbury
Director
July 2, 2004
/s/ Scott H. Shlecter
Scott H. Shlecter
Director
July 1, 2004
/s/ Richard R. Hylland
Richard R. Hylland
Director
July 2, 2004
/s/ R. F. Leyendecker
R. F. Leyendecker
Director
July 1, 2004
/s/ Jarl Mohn
Jarl Mohn
Director
July 1, 2004