Busch Entertainment Corporation

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Busch Entertainment Corporation
Image:abap.jpg
Type Adventure Park Operator
Founded March 15, 1959
Headquarters St. Louis, Missouri
Parent Anheuser-Busch Companies
Subsidiaries Busch Entertainment Company International, Inc.; SeaWorld, Inc.; SeaWorld of Florida, Inc.; SeaWorld of Texas, Inc.; Port Aventura, S.A.[1]
Website http://www.4adventure.com/

The Busch Entertainment Corporation (BEC) is the family entertainment division of the Anheuser-Busch Companies. One of 13 Anheuser-Busch subsidiaries, its properties include two Busch Gardens adventure parks, three SeaWorld adventure parks, two water parks (Adventure Island and Water Country USA), Sesame Place (a children-oriented, Sesame Street themed play park), and Discovery Cove (a limited-entry park noted for the guests' interactions with bottlenose dolphins, among other animals).

[edit] Locations

Busch Gardens

SeaWorld

Miscellaneous Parks

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Busch Entertainment Corporation", Reference for Business, 2006-05-14.
Anheuser-Busch
August A. Busch IV, CEO & President • Patrick Stokes, Chairman
Past CEOs and Presidents: Eberhard AnheuserAdolphus BuschAugust A. Busch, Sr.Adolphus Busch IIIAugust A. "Gussie" Busch, Jr.August A. Busch III • Patrick Stokes
Busch Entertainment Corporation
Busch Gardens : Busch Gardens Africa (Tampa, Florida)Busch Gardens Europe (Williamsburg, Virginia)
SeaWorld: San AntonioSan DiegoOrlando
Miscellaneous: Adventure Island (Tampa, Florida)Discovery Cove (Orlando, Florida)Sesame Place (Langhorne, Pennsylvania)Water Country USA (Williamsburg, Virginia)
Anheuser-Busch Products
BudweiserMichelobBusch BeerNaturalImportsSpecialty BeersNon-alcoholicEnergy DrinksOrganic BeersSpecialty Malt BeveragesMalt Liquors
Subsidiaries
Anheuser-Busch, IncAnheuser-Busch International, Inc.Anheuser-Busch Agricultural OperationsSt. Louis Refrigerated Car Co.Manufacturers Railway Co.Metal Container Corp.Anheuser-Busch Recycling Corp.Precision Printing and Packaging, Inc.Eagle Packaging, Inc.Longhorn Glass Corp.Busch Entertainment CorporationBusch Properties, Inc.
Equity Investments
Grupo ModeloTsingtao Brewery
Annual Revenue: $1.8392 billion USD (FY 2005) | Employees: 31,485 | Stock Symbol: NYSE: BUD | Website: www.anheuser-busch.com
 view  talk  edit