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

Universal Orlando will focus Halloween Horror Nights 19 on horror movie themes brought to life for theme park patrons. ...more

June 25, 2009

Universal Orlando is delaying the debut of its new "Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit" roller coaster. ...more

April 24, 2009

Universal Orlando said Thursday that its new roller coaster, the Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit, will open this summer rather than spring as previously announced, but Universal did not say why the opening is being delayed. ...more

April 24, 2009

Universal Orlando said today that its new roller coaster, Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit, will open this summer rather than spring, as previously announced, but did not say why the opening is being delayed. ...more

April 23, 2009

Florida's major theme parks reported injuries to seven patrons in the first quarter of 2009 - six at Disney parks in Lake Buena Vista and one at Universal Orlando - a report obtained Monday shows. ...more

April 21, 2009

Florida's major theme parks reported injuries to seven patrons in the first quarter of 2009 — four at Disney's Magic Kingdom, one at Disney's Epcot, one at Disney's Blizzard Beach water park and one at Universal Orlando — a report obtained this morning showed. ...more

April 20, 2009

Syniverse Gets Nod For India Work Tampa-based mobile phone systems company Syniverse Technologies is one of two U.S. companies selected by India's government to help implement a system for mobile phone number portability. The company will provide clearing and settlement services for a 10-year period under the contract announced by the company Monday. ...more

March 10, 2009