Busch Entertainment Corporation Has Been Sold To Blackstone Group

[Chris]

As you probably know by now, Blackstone Group has purchased Busch Entertainment Corporation for $2.3B in cash with $400M available for InBev to claim as part of the initial return on investment. There are multiple sources for this news, so I won't go about posting all of them.

With that said, this link should be able to answer most of the questions you have:
http://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/200910/1455/

 

[AandA8104]

Great article!! Can't wait to see what some of the additional info he will post.

 

[Chris]

Here's a video posted today giving the name of the company "Worlds of Discovery". "Busch Entertainment Corporation" is not mentioned at all. This may be a clue that the company may be known as "Worlds of Discovery" in the future rather than Busch Entertainment Corporation.

 

[kcracken]

Actually, I believe they changed the name to Worlds of Discovery back when INBev bought AB, probably to separate it from the brewery. I know over the last year or so, all my emails have come as WoD.

 

[Chris]

Actually, I believe they changed the name to Worlds of Discovery back when INBev bought AB, probably to separate it from the brewery. I know over the last year or so, all my emails have come as WoD.

Yeah, I feel like the "Worlds of Discovery" moniker had actually been around for awhile, maybe since back just after Discovery Cove was opened. I was working at Water Country back then and seem to remember hearing that name as an aka for the parks, but they were officially BEC still.