Who owns Blackpool Pleasure Beach now?
Cassandra Boyer
2025-05-14 10:45:56
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Amanda Thompson became Managing Director in 2004, having previously served as Deputy Managing Director of the family company since 2000 and as a Director for over 15 years. The great-granddaughter of Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s founder William George Bean, Amanda Thompson has followed in the footsteps of her father, grandfather and great-grandfather, to continue building on the phenomenal success of Britain’s favourite tourist attraction. Keeping up a long and honourable family tradition, Blackpool Pleasure Beach’s Managing Director, Amanda Thompson, has continued building on the phenomenal success of Britain’s favourite tourist attraction. After over 125 years, Blackpool Pleasure Beach still remains as one of the world’s leading amusement parks.
Valerie Murazik
2025-05-14 08:49:12
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Alderman Bean could never have envisaged that millions of people, both young and old, would experience unbridled happiness from this fantastical idea. In the 1930s, Leonard Thompson succeeded his father-in-law to become Managing Director of Blackpool Pleasure Beach and took over the running of the park. Geoffrey Thompson became Managing Director in 1976 and added exciting iconic rides including the Steeplechase, opened by the racehorse Red Rum in 1977. In 2004 Amanda Thompson OBE became Managing Director and invested £5m in the park with re-theming and refurbishment.
Billy Kreiger
2025-05-14 08:27:10
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Pleasure Beach Resort in Blackpool has been named as one of the best family-owned theme parks in the world – and is the only UK attraction to make the cut. Many of Pleasure Beach’s UK competitors, including Alton Towers and Thorpe Park, are corporate-owned and part of larger groups. CEO of Pleasure Beach Resort, Amanda Thompson OBE, said: “We’re honoured to be recognised as one of the best family-owned theme parks in the world, and the only UK park to make the list. My great grandfather founded Pleasure Beach and it has remained in our family ever since, where we continue to keep his passion for innovation and entertainment at the heart of everything we do.
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