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Annual Revenue per Employee for Large Amusement Park Companies in the US is about $90,000 and for Arcades about $50,000.


DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c33926) has announced the addition of Amusement Parks This page contains a list of amusement parks by
  • region, and
  • links to amusement parks listed alphabetically, beginning with the name of the park. The size of the list has required it to be broken into separate pages:
 & Arcades - Industry Profile to their offering.

The amusement parks and arcades industry includes approximately 2,500 companies with total annual revenue of $10 billion. Large companies include Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966)
Disney, Walter Elias Disney
, Six Flags For the national flags of Texas, see .

Six Flags (NYSE: SIX) is the world's largest chain of amusement parks and theme parks and is headquartered in New York City. There are 20 such parks run by Six Flags.
, Paramount Parks Paramount Parks was an operator of theme parks and attractions, which annually attracted about 13 million patrons. Viacom had assumed control of the company as part of its acquisition of Paramount Pictures in 1994. , Busch Entertainment, and arcade operators Namco Cybertainment Namco Cybertainment, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings (USA) Inc., the U.S. regional holding company of Namco Bandai Holdings of Japan responsible for the operation of arcade games in malls, theaters and other venues throughout the Lower 48 states and  and Dave & Busters. The industry is highly concentrated: the eight largest park operators hold about 75 percent of total industry revenue. The fragmented arcade segment accounts for just 15 percent of industry revenue.

About 600 amusement parks and 2,500 arcades operate in the US. A large amusement park amusement park, a commercially operated park offering various forms of entertainment, such as arcade games, carousels, roller coasters, and performers, as well as food, drink, and souvenirs.  has annual revenue of about $100 million, while a midsized park has $10 million of revenue and 75 employees; the annual revenue of a typical arcade is less than $1 million.

The industry depends highly on the health of the economy, especially consumer income. Because of high fixed costs fixed costs,
n.pl the costs that do not change to meet fluctuations in enrollment or in use of services (e.g., salaries, rent, business license fees, and depreciation).
, profitability relies on a high volume of customer visits and efficient operations. Large companies can build expensive rides and have economies of scale in operations and advertising. Smaller companies can compete by serving smaller markets or offering special rides. Annual revenue per employee for large park companies is about $90,000; for arcades about $50,000.

Amusement park operators offer various types of rides such as roller coasters While there have been hundreds of different roller coasters built, there have been just a few that were notable for specific reasons. Some reasons include:
  • first coaster of a specific kind, style, or manufacturing material; ground-breaking.
  • first use of unique technology.
, tower and "kiddie kid·die or kid·dy  
n. pl. kid·dies Slang
A small child.


kiddie
Noun

Informal a child
" rides, and water slides. They also produce entertainment, and sell food and merchandise; arcade operators offer mainly video games.

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