Shamu, meet your new parents.
Anheuser-Busch InBev said Wednesday it will sell its 10 theme parks across the country, including the three SeaWorlds and two Busch Gardens, to private-equity firm Blackstone Group for at least $2.3 billion.
The world’s largest brewer, based in Belgium, has been shedding assets to help pay for the $52 billion takeover of St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch that formed the company last year.
The two sides confirmed the deal Wednesday, saying Blackstone will pay $2.3 billion in cash for Busch Entertainment Corp. and give Anheuser- Busch InBev the right to up to $400 million of Blackstone’s initial returns.
New York-based Blackstone’s other investments include Universal Studios Orlando and Madame Tussauds wax museums. The Associated Press
