Kennywood Entertainment Company

The Kennywood Entertainment Company is, as of December 2007, the owner of five United States amusement parks: three in Western Pennsylvania, as well as one each in Connecticut and New Hampshire. Kennywood Entertainment Company owns Kennywood Park, Idlewild Park, Sandcastle Water Park, Lake Compounce, and most recently Story Land Park. [ [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-01-2007/0004578074&EDATE= Kennywood Entertainment Sees a Perfect Fit With Acquisition of Family Oriented Theme Park - Story Land - in New Hampshire ] ] It is a company in the business "of operating clean, beautiful, family parks." [ [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-01-2007/0004578074&EDATE= Kennywood Entertainment Sees a Perfect Fit With Acquisition of Family Oriented Theme Park - Story Land - in New Hampshire ] ]

Amusement parks

*Idlewild and Soak Zone, in Ligonier, Pennsylvania
*Kennywood, near Pittsburgh in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania
*Lake Compounce, in Bristol, Connecticut
*Sandcastle Waterpark, also near Pittsburgh in West Homestead, Pennsylvania
*Story Land, in Bartlett, New Hampshire

History

Kennywood Entertainment Co. was effectively created when F. W. Henninger and Andrew McSwigan purchased Kennywood Park from the Monongahela Railway Company in 1906. The company has since been controlled by their two families, purchasing the four other parks in turn. On December 11, 2007, Kennywood Entertainment announced that it would be selling all five of its amusement parks to Parques Reunidos, a Madrid, Spain-based company. [cite news|publisher=Kennywood Entertainment Company|author=News Release|title=New Chapter in Kennywood Entertainment History Announced|date=2007-12-11|url=http://www.kennywood.com/docs/12.11.07KECNewChapterRelease.pdf]

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