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Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: BRIDGETTE C. BYWATER
VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER, KINGS DOMINION/CEDAR FAIR ENTERTAINMENT, DOSWELL
Coming out of pandemic-driven restrictions, “Kings Dominion will be the cure for cabin fever in 2023,” Bywater said in October 2022, announcing the 48-year-old amusement park’s intention to welcome guests
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Kings Dominion to remain open year-round
Hanover theme park adds nine weekends to operating calendar
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Kings Dominion will expand to year-round operations beginning in January, the Doswell theme park announced Tuesday. The park will now be open an additional nine weekends, or 18 more days,
SeaWorld makes $3.4B offer for Kings Dominion parent company
Busch Gardens Williamsburg owner would also acquire Hanover theme park
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A reported $3.4 billion acquisition bid from Orlando-based SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. could result in Virginia’s two major theme parks being under the same ownership. SeaWorld, parent company of Busch Gardens
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TONY BENNETT DEAN AND MARKEL FAMILIES MEN’S HEAD BASKETBALL COACH, VIRGINIA CAVALIERS MEN’S BASKETBALL, CHARLOTTESVILLE The University of Virginia men’s basketball team fell victim to a positive COVID-19 test in
Kings Dominion reopening, with no masks required for vaccinated guests
Hanover County theme park opens May 22
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Kings Dominion opens for its 46th summer season Saturday, a year after the COVID-19 pandemic shut the annual tradition down. Although the Hanover County amusement park will require masks worn
Kings Dominion sets minimum wage at $13 for seasonal workers
Previous base was $9.25 at Doswell theme park
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Kings Dominion, the Doswell amusement park, has set its minimum wage for seasonal employees at $13 per hour, it announced Thursday. Previously, the base wage was $9.25. The park, owned
Kings Dominion to make holiday season comeback
Hanover County theme park to reopen in December
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Making a brief comeback before the end of 2020, Kings Dominion will reopen in December for a limited-time, limited-capacity holiday event after being closed for an entire summer season for
Kings Dominion general manager to retire
Tony Johnson started his career at the amusement park in 1974
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Growing up on a tobacco farm outside of Raleigh, North Carolina, Tony Johnson learned the meaning of hard work early on. At a time when his local school system had
For first time ever, Kings Dominion will close for entire year
The 45-year-old Doswell theme park won't open due to COVID-19 limitations
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Kings Dominion won’t open this year due to challenges surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the theme park in Doswell announced Tuesday. The park, which first opened in in 1975 has never