July 2007: Parques Reunidos, the leading international leisure group headquartered in Madrid, Spain, acquires Denmark’s premier family entertainment park, Bonbonland, for a price of approximately € 20 million.
Bonbonland is located on the outskirts of Copenhague and welcomes in the region of 500,000 visitors per year. It is Parques Reunidos’s second purchase in Scandinavia following the acquisition of Bo Sommarland in 2006. Bonbonland is Parques Reunidos second acquisition since the buyout by Candover early this year and follows the acquisition of Grant Leisure in April.
SOCIOS advises Parques Reunidos on the transaction execution.