What’s in a name? A lot, when it comes to amusement park fries. This summer, Waldameer Park & Water World in Erie will no ...

But the Potato Patch sign won't be on display. Kennywood Amusement Park in West Mifflin is in the process of being sold to Herschend Family Entertainment, which also owns Dollywood in ...

The sale also includes Idlewild and Sandcastle, both in western Pennsylvania, plus more than a dozen other parks and entertainment venues across the United States.

Hercchend’s purchase of Palace Entertainment’s theme park properties give hope to fans familiar with the company’s operation of parks such as Dollywood.

Attractions in the deal include Castle Park in Riverside and Raging Waters in San Dimas, as well as Boomers in Palm Springs and Vista.

Georgia-based Herschend has announced the acquisition of more than 20 entertainment venues across 10 states, including Lake Compounce in Bristol. Lake Compounce is widely-recognized as the oldest ...

Palace Entertainment, which owns the New Hampshire parks, is selling all of its 20-plus U.S. properties to Herschend, a North American company that operates Dollywood and other attractions that ...

Several popular New England attractions, including two in Connecticut, were sold to a new owner last week. "Herschend is the ideal organization to lead Palace Entertainment’s unique properties," said ...

This New England campground with a beer garden was almost named the most unique in America Herschend, the world’s largest family-owned themed attractions company, is acquiring all of Palace ...

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Herschend Family Entertainment, the Atlanta-based parent company of Dolly Parton’s Tennessee theme park and several other parks throughout the South, signed a definitive agreement to acquire all ...