The Business of Theme Parks (Part II): How Much Do They Cost? And Earn?
In the first part of this series, we evaluated the revenue side of theme park business models. In this series, we’ll continue our exploration of the economics of theme parks by reviewing the cost of building amusement and water parks. More importantly, however, we will be looking at what theme park development costs mean for profitability. […]
The Business of Theme Parks (Part I): How Much Money Do They Make?
Revenues: Not Created Equal Revenues are the starting point for all cash flows. While revenues can be disaggregated into its components, attendance and per person spending (subjects of a later post) – for our purposes, a high level view will suffice. Using data from the Park Database, we’ve plotted the distribution of theme park revenues […]
