Village Roadshow

Overview

Village Roadshow Theme Parks (VRTP) is a wholly-owned division of Australian media company Village Roadshow Ltd.

The company is Australia’s leading theme park owner and operator with two parks located in Queensland’s Gold Coast – the Warner Bros. Movie World movie-themed park and Sea World marine theme park.

In addition to its theme parks, Village Roadshow owns and operates two Wet’n’Wild water parks (Gold Coast and Las Vegas), TopGolf Gold Coast, a water park resort, an animal farm attraction, a dinner show, and a 400-room hotel adjacent to Sea World. VRTP also operates Lionsgate Entertainment World, a movie-themed indoor interactive experience developed by Lai Sun Group in Zhuhai, China.

The company currently licenses intellectual properties from Warner Bros. (for Warner Bros. Movie World), Nickelodeon (for Sea World) and Lionsgate (for Lionsgate Entertainment World).

Village Roadshow had previously licensed content from Cartoon Network (1999 to 2007), followed by Sesame Street (2007 to 2011), and Blue Sky Studios/Fox (2014).

In addition to its existing projects in Australia and China, VRTP is also focused on broader Asia, where it is pursuing theme park operating opportunities, but not capital investment.

Key facts:

  • 2
    theme parks owned
  • 3
    theme parks operated

Product type

Regional theme parks

Market locations

Australia, China

Estimated Park Investment

USD 500 million to 1+ billion

Strategy

  • Invest and improve existing theme parks and expand existing Gold Coast resort
  • Pursue theme park operating opportunities with no capital investment with a focus on Asia

Theme Park Locations

Existing locations

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Existing Theme Parks

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Licensed Theme Parks

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Pipeline Projects

Current Theme Parks

Sea World

  • Location

    Gold Coast, Australia

  • Opening Year

    1971

  • Peak Price

    AUD 115

Warner Bros. Movie World

  • Location

    Gold Coast, Australia

  • Opening Year

    1991

  • Peak Price

    AUD 115

Lionsgate Entertainment World

  • Location

    Zhuhai, China

  • Opening Year

    2020

  • Peak Price

    CNY 250

Notable Intellectual Property