Premier Parks, LLC
| Limited liability company | |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Founder | Kieran Burke and Gary Story |
Area served | United States, Canada |
Premier Parks, LLC (formerly Rapids Holdings, LLC and Premier Attractions Management, LLC) is a limited liability company based in the United States. The company owns and operates several amusement parks and water parks across the country.
History
Kieran Burke and Gary Story previously held the positions of chief executive officer and chief operating officer at Six Flags for more than 10 years. In 2009, the pair purchased Nashville Shores, consisting of a marina, RV park and water park. They redeveloped the water park for the 2010 season. In early 2011, it was announced the pair had purchased the Ocean Breeze Waterpark in Virginia with plans to renovate it for the 2011 season.[1]
In 2011, the newly founded Premier Attractions Management began operating three properties owned by CNL Lifestyle Properties: Frontier City, SplashTown Houston, and White Water Bay[2] CNL Lifestyle Properties had terminated its lease agreements with PARC Management for eight parks in late 2010.[3] Burke and Story have since gained operational control of additional parks owned by CNL Lifestyle Properties.[4][5] In 2013, the company changed its name to Premier Parks, LLC taking the former corporate name of the company that had bought out Six Flags .[6]
Properties
- Clementon Amusement Park (2011–present)[7]
- Nashville Shores (2009–present)[1]
- Ocean Breeze Waterpark (2011–present)[1]
- Wild Water Kingdom (2016-present)[8]
- Operated for CNL Lifestyle Properties
- Darien Lake (2015–present)[9]
- Elitch Gardens (2013–present)[6]
- Frontier City (2011–present)[2]
- Rapids Water Park (2012–present)[5]
- Wet'n'Wild Hawaii (2014–present)[4]
- Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs (2014–present)[10]
- Wet'n'Wild Phoenix (2014–present)[11]
- Wet'n'Wild SplashTown (2011–present)[2]
- White Water Bay (2011–present)[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "Former Six Flags executives Breeze into Virginia". Park World Magazine. 20 January 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 "CNL announces new management for eight parks". Park World Magazine. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ↑ "CNL Lifestyle Properties and PARC Management End Lease Relationship" (PDF) (Press release). CNL Lifestyle Properties. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- 1 2 Silverstein, Stephanie (21 November 2013). "Premier Parks to take over operation of Wet 'n' Wild Hawaii". Pacific Business News. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
- 1 2 "CNL Lifestyle Properties acquires one of south Florida's largest water parks" (PDF) (Press release). CNL Lifestyle Properties. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- 1 2 "Wet'n'Wild Phoenix, Hawaii to Add accesso eCommerce, Mobile Ticketing" (Press release). Premier Parks LLC. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ↑ "Story and Burke buy Clementon Lake". Park World Magazine. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ↑ "Premier parks acquires wild water kingdom water park near Toronto « Amusement Today". amusementtoday.com. Retrieved 2016-08-05.
- ↑ Rodriguez, Miguel (April 1, 2015). "Gus Macker tourney won't make a Buffalo stop in 2015". Buffalo News. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- ↑ "CNL Lifestyle Properties Brands Newly Acquired Palm Springs Waterpark as Wet 'n' Wild" (Press release). CNL Lifestyle Properties. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ↑ Shanklin, Mary (21 November 2013). "CNL buys Wet 'n Wild Phoenix". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 24 November 2013.