Originally Posted By brotherdave As part of a Bankruptcy settlement, both Cypress Gardens and it's sister park, Wild Adventures in Valdosta, GA, will be sold at auction on Sept 25. <a href="http://www.theledger.com/article/20070906/NEWS/70906020/1039" target="_blank">http://www.theledger.com/artic le/20070906/NEWS/70906020/1039</a> It's very sad to hear since Kent Buescher, president and founder of Adventure Parks Group, LLC started his company from scratch when he built Wild Adventures. Hopefully, a decent park company will purchase the parks and turn them around quickly. One of the reportedly interested companies mentioned in other articles is Herschend Family Entertainment, owners and operators of Silver Dollar City and Dollywood, among other properties. If they get control of the parks, expect some nice changes to occur!
Originally Posted By figment1986 Hopefully whoever purchases the parks improves the look and adds more theme, not to mention preserves its history as well. Kent Buescher tried, but the triple hurricane of 05 and no insurance pay out got him... at least its still open today, with the Florida historic starliner too.
Originally Posted By BeautysBeast Isnt this the 2nd time for the park to be sold? or maybe it was Weeki Watchee..
Originally Posted By figment1986 Nope it has changed more times than 2 owners. Original owners, then HB&J, then Busch Entertainment, then management bought it, then it closed and eventually sold it to Kent Buescher. Finally we have today. Shame, its a great park with a lot of Florida history.
