Busch Entertainment to call Orlando home for park number eight. Anheuser-Busch, the parent company for SeaWorld and Discovery Cove in Orlando. And Busch Gardens and Adventure Island is Tamps will open Aquatica in March 2008. The company's corporate entertainment headquarters will also move from St. Louis to Orlando next year.
Anheuser-Busch is one of the largest brewers in the world and has a annual revenue of greater than $15 billion. with more than 26,000 employees within the entertainment corporation, the company is expected to generate about $1.3 billion in revenue for the 2007 fiscal year.
"We've recognized over time that frankly, with our three parks here in Orlando and two in Tampa, we have five of our 10 operating parks -- half of our operations -- here in Florida," Atchison said. "We frankly see a lot of synergy between being in the 'Wall Street' of the theme-park business and being close to our major operations and our flagship operations here in Orlando."
Most of the move from St. Louis will take place next year, with 35-55 executives and vice presidents expected to move.
The location of the headquarters are unclear as of Tuesday.
Other parks include SeaWorld San Diego; SeaWorld San Antonio; Busch Gardens Europe in Williamsburg, Va.; Sesame Place near Philadelphia; and Water Country USA in Williamsburg.
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