The company that owns Pittsburgh-area amusement parks Kennywood, Idlewild and Sandcastle has sold their properties to a family-owned attractions company.

Herschend, the world’s largest family-owned themed attractions company, which owns Dollywood, has purchased Palace Entertainment's U.S. theme and water parks. Kennywood, , Sandcastle and Idlewild Park ...

Both parks are offering unique perks for employees such as free park admission, free tickets for friends and family, ...

Kennywood amusement park and Sandcastle water park will be sold to Herschend under a sales agreement with the previous owner.

Kennywood, Idlewild and Sandcastle are being sold to a new company. Madrid-based Parques Reunidos has agreed to sell the parks to Herschend, the same company that owns award-winning destinations ...

An unexpected twist at Kennywood as the beloved amusement park in West Mifflin is getting a new owner, and so are Idlewild and Sandcastle ... "When I think of Pittsburgh one of the first things ...

This also includes Sandcastle and Idlewild ... been owned by Madrid-based Parques Reunidos Group and operated through Pittsburgh-based subsidiary Palace since the late 2000s.

PITTSBURGH — Kennywood, Idlewild and Sandcastle are being sold to a new company. Parques Reunidos has agreed to sell its Palace Entertainment U.S. properties, which include the three ...

So glad to hear another company is taking over Idlewild & SoakZone, along with Kennywood and Sandcastle. Hopefully, the new owners will restore the beauty and traditions Idlewild once valued before it ...

has purchased Pittsburgh’s historic Kennywood Park. The sale also includes Idlewild and Sandcastle, both in western Pennsylvania, plus more than a dozen other parks and entertainment venues ...

Atlanta-based Herschend will acquire Palace Entertainment’s U.S. attractions, which includes the iconic West Mifflin amusement park as well as Sandcastle in West Homestead and Idlewild ...