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There are nine Fortune 500 companies headquartered in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. [1] 120 PNC Financial Services (financial) 220 PPG Industries (industrial) 226 Howmet Aerospace (industrial) 245 Wesco International (industrial) 254 Viatris (pharmaceuticals) 310 U.S. Steel (industrial) 330 Alcoa (metals/mining) 362 Dick's Sporting Goods ...
Busch Gardens is the name of two amusement parks in the United States, owned and operated by United Parks & Resorts. The original park is in Tampa, Florida, and the second park is in Williamsburg, Virginia. There were also previously Busch Gardens parks in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California (1964–1979) [1] and Houston, Texas (1971–1973). [2]
Busch acquired a tenth park, Water Country USA in 1992, which was near its existing Williamsburg location. In 1993, the company hit its record high attendance for all its parks with over 19 million people with a record setting year for Tampa Busch Gardens. [6] In 1995, Cypress Gardens was sold to the park's management. [10]
The company is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and has more than 1,100 employees throughout 42 offices in 26 countries. William C. Byham, is chairman, Tacy M. Byham is CEO, and David Tessmann-Keys is president.
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Busch Gardens leased a pair of pandas from the Chinese government in October 1987, with a temporary 120-foot (37 m) exhibit opening in the bird gardens on November 17. [168] [169] To accommodate the pandas, new bird aviaries were built in the gardens. [170] The first panda on loan left in April 1988 while the second left in October 1988.
[6] In 2006, readers of the Pittsburgh City Paper voted PPG Place as the best building in Pittsburgh. [12] In 2005, when the vacancy rate of downtown offices was around 20%, PPG Place was between 87 and 89% full. The management company was able to attract out-of-town corporations to relocate operations to Pittsburgh.
Previously operated at Busch Gardens Williamsburg from 1996 to 2003. Pantopia Bush Flyers 1979 2023 A Chance Rides Red Baron that was replaced by Phoenix Rising in 2024. Pantopia Turn It Up!/Turn It Up! Remix 2017 (Turn It Up), 2023 (Turn It Up: Remix) 2022 (Turn It Up), 2024 (Turn It Up: Remix)