SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment Outsourcing Games to UK Company

[GAcoaster]

In a strange/interesting turn of events, SeaWorld parks are outsourcing the operations of games in all of their parks to a UK based company:

SeaWorld is outsourcing carnival games to United Kingdom company

SeaWorld is outsourcing employees who run carnival games at four theme parks —including Orlando, the company confirmed Thursday. United Kingdom-based HB Leisure will run the games starting Ja…

www.orlandosentinel.com

Apparently the workers being laid off will be offered other positions or could be hired by the new operator.

This seems like an odd move to me, and I'm not sure how this saves any money. Games had been part of the Merchandise department, along with Photos. I wonder if Photos may also be something that could be farmed out to a vendor as well.

 

[BBPH]

In a strange/interesting turn of events, SeaWorld parks are outsourcing the operations of games in all of their parks to a UK based company:

SeaWorld is outsourcing carnival games to United Kingdom company

SeaWorld is outsourcing employees who run carnival games at four theme parks —including Orlando, the company confirmed Thursday. United Kingdom-based HB Leisure will run the games starting Ja…

www.orlandosentinel.com

Apparently the workers being laid off will be offered other positions or could be hired by the new operator.

This seems like an odd move to me, and I'm not sure how this saves any money. Games had been part of the Merchandise department, along with Photos. I wonder if Photos may also be something that could be farmed out to a vendor as well.

Similar setup to the U.K. parks, Merlin attractions have now mostly outsourced photography and games.

It’s cut commercial down to just F&B and retail with lots of good people losing their jobs or working for the same company at least, (I worked as a commercial manager for Merlin).