Premier Parks, LLC (formerly Rapids Holdings, LLC and Premier Attractions Management, LLC) is a

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based in the United States. The company owns and operates several amusement parks and

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s across the country and one in Canada.

History

Kieran Burke and Gary Story previously held the positions of

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and

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Six Flags Six Flags Entertainment Corporation is an American amusement park corporation, headquartered in Arlington, Texas. It has properties in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Six Flags owns the most theme parks and waterparks combined of any a ...

for more than 10 years. In November 2009, the pair purchased Nashville Shores, consisting of a marina,

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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. In 2011, the newly founded Premier Attractions Management began operating three properties owned by

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Frontier City Frontier City is a western-themed amusement park in Oklahoma City. It is owned by EPR and operated by Six Flags. The park originally opened in 1958. Frontier City is the third-oldest Six Flags park behind Six Flags New England and Six Flags Grea ...

, SplashTown Houston, and

White Water Bay White Water Bay may refer to: * Whitewater Bay, inlet of the Gulf of Mexico in southwestern Florida in the United States * White Water Bay (New York), now operating as Six Flags Great Escape Lodge & Indoor Waterpark * White Water Bay (Oklahoma), no ...

CNL Lifestyle Properties had terminated its lease agreements with

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for eight parks in late 2010. Burke and Story have since gained operational control of additional parks owned by CNL Lifestyle Properties. In 2013, the company changed its name to Premier Parks, LLC taking the former corporate name of the company that had acquired and took the name of Six Flags. In late 2016, CNL Lifestyle Properties sold their attractions portfolio to

EPR Properties EPR Properties, formerly Entertainment Properties Trust, is a real estate investment trust based in Kansas City, Missouri, that invests in amusement parks, movie theaters, ski resorts, and other entertainment properties. It owns 353 properties as ...

. Upon this transaction, EPR transferred management of these parks to Premier Parks, LLC, including ones previously operated by different groups. In May 2017, operations of Waterworld California were transferred to Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, which had previously owned the park and also own the nearby

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (formerly known as Six Flags Marine World, Marine World, The New Marine World Theme Park, and Marine World Africa USA) is a 135-acre (55 ha) animal theme park located in Vallejo, California, off of Interstate 80 ...

. In May 2018, Six Flags announced that they had entered into a purchase agreement with Premier Parks to acquire the lease rights to operate 5 additional parks:

Darien Lake Six Flags Darien Lake is a 1,200-acre (4.86 km2) amusement park and resort located in Corfu, New York, off of Interstate 90 between Buffalo and Rochester. Six Flags Darien Lake features a theme park, water park, campground and lodging. It ...

, Wet'n'Wild Phoenix,

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Properties

Full Ownership * Island H2O Water Park (2019–present) * Nashville Shores (2009–present) * Ocean Breeze Waterpark (2011–present) *

Wet'n'Wild Toronto Wet'n'Wild Toronto (formerly known as Sunshine Beach and later Wild Water Kingdom) is a water park in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, a city in the Greater Toronto Area. Opened in 1986, the complex hosts a variety of attractions, including numerous ...

(2016–present) Operated for EPR Properties * City Museum (2019–present) * Hawaiian Falls Garland (2021–present) *

Hawaiian Falls The Colony Hawaiian Falls Waterparks is a chain of waterparks operated by ProParks Management Company. The five locations Hawaiian Falls operates are located across the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex area and Central Texas. History 2002–2003 The Hawai ...

(2021–present) *

Magic Springs Magic Springs Theme and Water Park, known as Magic Springs, is an amusement park and water park located in Hot Springs, Arkansas, about from Little Rock. A single price admission includes all day use of the rides and attractions in both parks ...

(2017–present) *

Pacific Park Pacific Park is an oceanfront amusement park located in Santa Monica, California. The park, located on the Santa Monica Pier, looks directly out on the Pacific Ocean, in the direction of Catalina Island. It is the only amusement park directly l ...

(2018–present) * Rapids Water Park (2012–present) *

Wet'n'Wild Hawaii Wet'n'Wild Hawaii (formerly Hawaiian Waters Adventure Park) is a Hawaiian water park, located in Kapolei, Hawaii, Kapolei in the City and County of Honolulu on Oahu. The park occupies of land and has more than 25 rides and attractions. It is cur ...

(2014–present) *

Wild Waves Theme Park Wild Waves Theme & Water Park is an amusement park and water park in Federal Way, Washington. Opened in 1977 as The Enchanted Village (with its accompanying water park, Wild Waves, opening in 1984),''Washington State's Enchanted Parks Announces ...

(2017–present) Operated for Kroenke Entertainment *

Elitch Gardens Elitch Gardens was a family-owned seasonal amusement park, theater, and botanic garden in the West Highland neighborhood in northwest Denver, Colorado, United States, at 38th and Tennyson streets. For more than a century Elitch's was one of the m ...

(2013–present)

Former properties

Full Ownership *

Clementon Park Clementon Park and Splash World is a mid-sized combination theme park and water park in Clementon, Camden County, New Jersey, United States. Also known as Clementon Lake Park, it is one of the world's oldest operating amusement parks and is one o ...

(2011-2021); Sold at auction on March 23, 2021 to Indiana Beach Holdings, LLC (now known as IB Parks & Entertainment). Operated for EPR Properties *

(2015–2018); Operations taken over by Six Flags *

(2011–2018); Operations taken over by Six Flags * Waterworld California (2007–2017); Operations taken over by Six Flags *

Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs is a defunct water park located in Palm Springs, California. The park operated under Cedar Fair's ownership as Knott's Soak City until 2013 when CNL Lifestyle Properties acquired it. The park plans to reopen in 2022 aft ...

(2014–2018) Sold to Pono Acquisition Partners I, LLC and closed until the 2020 season. * Wet'n'Wild Phoenix (2014–2018); Operations taken over by Six Flags *

(2011–2018); Operations taken over by Six Flags

References

{{PremierParks Amusement park companies Entertainment companies of the United States Companies based in Oklahoma City Entertainment companies established in 2011 2011 establishments in Oklahoma