Marine World/Africa USA??
SWMalcolm
Can anyone confirm or deny any of these rumors:
1. Marine World/Africa USA is in financial trouble and may close
2. The park was recently purchased by an anonymous/faceless buyer
3. The park was sold to a company that operates other theme parks
4. The park was not sold, but is being MANAGED by a company that operates
other parks
Any information is appreciated. Thanks!
Michael Lambert
Marine World / Africa USA has had financial difficulty lately. They are
in debt to the city of Valleo (SP?) who I believe lent money to the
park. At some point earlier in the year they took over management of
the park, and later hired Premier Parks to manage the complex. Premier
signed a deal whereby they will manage the facility and have an option
to purchase the property at some point in the future. Since Premiere
management took over they have opened three new attractions:
Splash Attack at Tiger Island (planned and under construction prior to
the Premier management takeover)
Popeyes Seaport (kid oriented small ride area - a few kiddie rides
themed around Popeye etc...)
Dinosphere - an IWERKS ride simulator being billed as the largest
simulation theater in the west. (Whatever that means!)
-Michael Lambert
SteelForce
>4. The park was not sold, but is being MANAGED by a company that operates
>other parks
>
>
this is my understanding and then park company is premier parks of oklahoma
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SWMalcolm wrote:
>
> Can anyone confirm or deny any of these rumors:
>
> 1. Marine World/Africa USA is in financial trouble and may close
> 2. The park was recently purchased by an anonymous/faceless buyer
> 4. The park was not sold, but is being MANAGED by a company that operates
> other parks
>
Marine World / Africa USA was SOLD to Premier Parks, though its
a very different place from their other parks which are mainly
ride/water parks, not an Animal park. I heard they already had a few
themed rides in the works for the parks. Two simulators actually
I think. Some DINO thing and I can't remember the other.
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Terence Yang
SWMalcolm wrote:
> Can anyone confirm or deny any of these rumors:
> 1. Marine World/Africa USA is in financial trouble and may close
> 2. The park was recently purchased by an anonymous/faceless buyer
> 3. The park was sold to a company that operates other theme parks
> 4. The park was not sold, but is being MANAGED by a company that operates
> other parks
Marine World/Africa USA was bought last year by Premier Parks, which
also purchased a number of other parks in the same time period. It is
now the fourth largest regional theme park company in the US (their
words). They also own Adventure World, Riverside, The Great Escape,
Darien Lake, Elitch Gardens, Frontier City, and a few others that I
can't remember off the top of my head.
Terence Yang
Terence Yang wrote:
> Marine World/Africa USA was bought last year by Premier Parks, which
> also purchased a number of other parks in the same time period. It is
> now the fourth largest regional theme park company in the US (their
> words). They also own Adventure World, Riverside, The Great Escape,
> Darien Lake, Elitch Gardens, Frontier City, and a few others that I
> can't remember off the top of my head.
Additions/corrections I didn't catch before sending the above newsgroup
posting:
Premier Parks won the management contract last year from the City of
Vallejo for Marine World Africa USA with an option to buy beginning in
2002. Premier Parks also owns Wyandot Lake and Geauga Lake.
Charles B.
> SWMalcolm wrote:
> > Can anyone confirm or deny any of these rumors:
> > 1. Marine World/Africa USA is in financial trouble and may close
> > 2. The park was recently purchased by an anonymous/faceless buyer
> > 3. The park was sold to a company that operates other theme parks
> > 4. The park was not sold, but is being MANAGED by a company that operates
> > other parks
>
> Marine World/Africa USA was bought last year by Premier Parks, which
> also purchased a number of other parks in the same time period. It is
> now the fourth largest regional theme park company in the US (their
> words). They also own Adventure World, Riverside, The Great Escape,
> Darien Lake, Elitch Gardens, Frontier City, and a few others that I
> can't remember off the top of my head.
Here are all the details from someone is lives not that far from the park.
Latge last year I beleive, the city of Vellejo, which owns thew park, found
out that the park was loosing money and needed some sort of a fix to keep
it profitable for the city. The solution was to hire Premier to run the
park and add some new attractions. Since they took over, Premier has added
a Popeyes Seaport (A childrens acttraction and ride area), a Dinosour
motion simulator ride, and a tiger water attraction.Other improvements may
be in the works soon if these work out as planned. Just for the record
Premier does not own the park, it only runs it.
-Charles B.
CROOOOW
But is this a temp control with option to buy kind of deal, like the one
Six Flags has with Fiesta Texas?