Here's the screengrab from Ardent's ASX release.

Another CEO with no theme park industry experience, instead John Osborne's specific expertise is apparently divestment. Thoughts?

Edited October 23, 20188 yr by Slick

How hard is it to find someone who has even a tiny bit of theme park background? Far out.

You don't need a CEO with theme park experience if you don't plan on having a theme park for much longer.

16 minutes ago, Slick said:

Another CEO with no theme park industry experience, instead John Osborne's specific expertise is apparently divestment. Thoughts?

I thought the same thing when I read it on the ASX site.

 

2 minutes ago, -nick.white.1543 said:

How hard is it to find someone who has even a tiny bit of theme park background? Far out.

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“A key reason for my decision to join the team is the Ardent Board’s very strong focus on the welfare and safety of guests and employees and my priority is to work closely with the team to continue this work,” he said.

“Our goal is to create a global best practice ‘safety first’ culture for all concerned.”

 

Bollocks..

Where would you divide the park to retain a carnival pier setup, and sell the rest of the land? 

I'm thinking behind the cinema, pandamonium, the kids coaster and keep tiger island. Shopping/dining where hot wheels is and over some of the car park, keep the water park. Sell the rest. 

That would keep the family parts, and leave non flood plain for sale. 

Purely a guess that's what might happen. 

Osborne?