Private company

Kings Entertainment Company

Former American theme park operator

Kings Entertainment Company (KECO) owned and/or operated six theme parks around the world. The company was originally owned by Taft Broadcasting and in 1984 was purchased for $167.5 million by senior executives and general managers of Taft's Amusement Park Group. In 1992, the company was sold to Paramount Communications (formerly Gulf+Western, and later acquired by Viacom), then the parent of Paramount Pictures, which changed the name of the parks by adding "Paramount's" in front of their names.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

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Kings Entertainment Company (KECO) owned and/or operated six theme parks around the world. The company was originally owned by Taft Broadcasting and in 1984 was purchased for $167.5 million by senior executives and general managers of Taft's Amusement Park Group.2

Corporate structure

Kings Entertainment Company sits at the top of its group. 1 entity, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Kings Entertainment Company
    • California's Great America Owned · California, United States
    • Canada's Wonderland Owned · Vaughan, Canada
    • Carowinds Owned · Fort Mill, United States
    • Hanna–Barbera Land Owned · United States
    • Kings Dominion Owned · Hanover County, United States
    • Kings Island Owned · Ohio, United States
    • Marineland of the Pacific Owned · Los Angeles County, United States

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Kings Entertainment Company reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

  • California's Great America
  • Canada's Wonderland
  • Carowinds
  • Hanna–Barbera Land
  • Kings Dominion
  • Kings Island
  • Marineland of the Pacific

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

Products and brands

  • leisure park

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Also owns

  • California's Great America
  • Canada's Wonderland
  • Carowinds
  • Hanna–Barbera Land
  • Kings Dominion
  • Kings Island
  • Marineland of the Pacific

Former owners and parents

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Jul 1994Acquired Acquired by National Amusements1
  2. Jun 1989Acquired Acquired by Paramount Communications1
  3. 1984Acquired Acquired by Gulf and Western Industries1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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