Texas icon Schlitterbahn sells waterparks from New Braunfels, Galveston to an Ohio company | Leisure



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The Schlitterbahn New Braunfels site has been recognized as the best water park in the world for 21 consecutive years. Its Galveston property has won the Best Indoor Park Award for a decade. Both parks welcomed 1.2 million guests in 2018 and generated revenues of $ 68 million.

The Schlitterbahn South Padre Island, near Brownsville, will remain under the ownership of the Henry family, who operated the parks for 50 years.

"Under the guidance of Cedar Fair, the Schlitterbahn brand will have the opportunity to grow and develop as at the beginning of the time when the sky was the limit", according to a family statement published on Schlitterbahn's website . "Rest assured, the future of Schlitterbahn … is as promising as a July day in Texas."

The sale also does not include the North Padre Island Water Park, according to the Corpus Christi Caller Times. This 100-hectare resort was renamed in May 2018 as Waves Resort Corpus Christi. With Schlitterbahn after its sale to Diamond Beach Holdings.

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