Themeparks LLC was formed by Ed Hart and is based in Louisvilled, Kentucky. Themeparks' first park was Kentucky Kingdom

Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom

Kentucky Kingdom is an amusement park located in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. The park is located on of land which includes a collection of 27 amusement rides and a water park named Splashwater Kingdom...

 which it bought in 1990. In 2008 Themeparks sold Magic Springs Theme Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas

Hot Springs, Arkansas

Hot Springs is the 10th most populous city in the U.S. state of Arkansas, the county seat of Garland County, and the principal city of the Hot Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area encompassing all of Garland County...

 to PARC Management, LLC and attempted to buy back Kentucky Kingdom

Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom

Kentucky Kingdom is an amusement park located in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. The park is located on of land which includes a collection of 27 amusement rides and a water park named Splashwater Kingdom...

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In 1997, Kentucky Kingdom was sold to Premier Parks, which in 1998 purchased Six Flags Theme Parks

Six Flags

Six Flags Entertainment Corp. is the world's largest amusement park corporation based on quantity of properties and the fifth most popular in terms of attendance. The company maintains 14 properties located throughout North America, including theme parks, thrill parks, water parks and family...

 from Time Warner

Time Warner

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. In 1998 Kentucky Kingdom became Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom. Currently Themeparks LLC owns Magic Springs, and has plans to build a park in Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

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In 2002, the company made a bid for Visionland, a theme park in Alabama

Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...

, but the price was too high. Themeparks LLC and Adventure Parks Group

Adventure Parks Group

Adventure Parks Group is a company that used to run and operate two theme parks in the U.S. states of Florida and Georgia. They are Wild Adventures in Valdosta, Georgia and Cypress Gardens Adventure Park in Winter Haven, Florida. It also owned a radio station in South Georgia called Wild Adventures...

 have talked about a merger

Mergers and acquisitions

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, but nothing has yet developed. The company's main office is in Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...

, Kentucky

Kentucky

The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

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In 2010 the company formed KK Redevelopment LLC to buy back Kentucky Kingdom from the state of Kentucky.