Busch Entertainment Corp. on Monday will raise admission prices at its Tampa and Orlando theme parks, but Florida residents booking online can get 2010 year-long passes at the same price as 2009, which will be $5 less than the new general admission for a day. ...more

October 31, 2009

Anheuser-Busch InBev says it will sell theme parks including Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay to Blackstone Group for $2.7 billion, the Associated Press reported this morning. ...more

October 7, 2009

Busch Gardens may be closer to having a new owner. Blackstone Group LP, a New York-based investment firm, is looking into a deal to buy Anheuser-Busch InBev's theme parks, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. It cited an unidentified source. ...more

September 24, 2009

Blackstone Group LP, a New York-based investment firm, is looking into a possible deal to buy Anheuser-Busch InBev's theme parks, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. ...more

September 23, 2009

The SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund is celebrating Earth Month through April 30 by benefiting wildlife conservation with an on-line auction. ...more

April 6, 2009

Hotel Bookings Fall In Tampa Area The number of hotel rooms booked in January declined 5.7 percent in the Tampa-St. Petersburg region compared with 5.4 percent for Florida and 7.7 percent for the United States, a Tennessee travel industry consultant reported. ...more

March 25, 2009

Universal Orlando Resort is offering Florida residents a 45 percent discount at three on-site, luxury hotels between April 19 and June 10 in the face of declining theme park attendance at Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure. ...more

March 24, 2009

Former Busch Gardens Tampa Bay executive Rick Beddow has been named vice president of Aquatica, SeaWorld's water park in Orlando. ...more

March 23, 2009

Plans for Busch Entertainment Corp. to build four theme parks in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where the economy has suffered from a decline in oil prices and real estate values, have been delayed 12 months, corporate officials said Wednesday. ...more

February 5, 2009

Plans for Busch Entertainment Corp. to build four theme parks in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where the economy has suffered from a decline in oil prices and real estate values, have been delayed for 12 months, corporate officials said this morning. ...more

February 4, 2009