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14 - Amusement/Theme Parks

from Part III - Live Entertainment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 June 2020

Harold L. Vogel
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Summary

This chapter reviews the history of theme parks and then covers the financial and economic features and valuation metrics that apply to amusement/theme parks around the world.

Keywords

park operationsfinancial featureseconomic sensitivities
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Entertainment Industry Economics
A Guide for Financial Analysis
 , pp. 571 - 586
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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