Ride Entertainment Group

Ride Entertainment Group
Industry Entertainment
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Ed Hiller (CEO)
Divisions Sales
Operations
Financial Partnerships
Installations
SkyCoaster®.
Website rideentertainment.com

Ride Entertainment is one of the entertainment industry’s most diverse and fastest-growing companies. Combining the disciplines of Sales, Operations, Financial Partnerships, Installations, and Ride Manufacturing, the company works in every segment of the entertainment industry.

Divisions

Sales

The Sales division is responsible for the sale of amusement rides. A number of firms have partnerships with this division, including:

Operations

This division operates amusement parks and entertainment facilities at locations throughout North America, including such prominent locations as Forest Park and Fantasy Forest in New York, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway in Boston, and Charm City in Baltimore to name a few.[9]

The Corona Cobra Roller Coaster at Fantasy Forest Amusement Park in Flushing, Queens, New York.

Financial Partnerships

This divisions works with various entertainment venues and provides the capital and attraction for many of the top locations around the world. This division is regarded as the largest in the world.[10]

The Tundra Air Zipline at the Toronto Zoo in Toronto, Canada.

Installations

This division installs and rehabs amusement rides around the world. The company has worked with many different park groups like Six Flags, OCT, and the Roller Coaster at New York, New York.[11]

The SkyScreamer, a StarFlyer ride at Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, Texas, being erected.

SkyCoaster

SkyCoaster is the most successful attraction in the amusement industry with over 75 locations worldwide.

SkyCoaster, Inc. operated as a wholly owned division of ThrillTime Entertainment International.[12] In 2005, SkyCoaster, Inc. as well as ThrillTime's other amusement ride, Top Eliminator,[12] were sold to Ride Entertainment.[13] This was followed in 2006 by a reverse merger transaction where ThrillTime was acquired by Advanced Proteome Therapeutics.[14]

The Skycoaster® at Elitch Gardens in Denver, Colorado is a Dual Lattice 173-foot Skycoaster.

References

  1. 1 2 "Gerstlauer busy in 2011". Park World Magazine. 29 December 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  2. "Gerstlauer Amusement Rides". Ride Entertainment Systems. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Projects". Ride Entertainment Group. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  4. "Star Flyer opens in Vancouver". Park World Magazine. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  5. "Hit! Entertainment". Ride Entertainment Systems. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  6. "Ropes Courses, Inc.". Ride Entertainment Systems. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  7. "Developing Custom Challenge Courses". Ropes Courses, Inc. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  8. "Ropes Courses Opens at Indiana Beach and The West Edmonton Mall" (PDF) (Press release). Ride Entertainment Group. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  9. "Specialties". Ride Operations Group. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  10. "Process". Ride Entertainment.
  11. "Ride Installations and Relocations". Ride Entertainment.
  12. 1 2 Waddell, Ray (August 3, 1998). "ThrillTime Entertainment purchases Sky Fun 1; to be named SkyCoaster". Amusement Business 110 (31): 19.
  13. "Mike Gutknecht". Ride Entertainment Group of Companies. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  14. "Company Overview of ThrillTime Entertainment International Inc.". Bloomberg Business Week. Retrieved 22 November 2013.

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