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After millionaire property developer John Broome married the daughter of majority shareholder Denis Bagshaw in 1973, he bought out the controlling stake in Alton Towers. Over the next few years, he laid the foundation for the modern theme park by installing various permanent rides and developing areas of the grounds in progressive stages.
In 1990, Broome sold Alton Towers to The Tussauds Group, then a division of Pearson plc, after his development of the former Battersea Power Station encountered financial difficulties. [10] The change of park ownership brought another era of development, involving the opening of new themed areas and attractions, such as Runaway Mine Train (1992 ...
In 1979, John Broome, one of the then directors of Alton Towers, wanted to make the Towers and Gardens into a new style of leisure attraction. [2] On 4 April 1980; 44 years ago (), Corkscrew opened [1] to a crowd of 30,000. It became the main attraction of the park, and led to attendance numbers doubling from 500,000 in 1979, to over 1,000,000 ...
Alton Towers has revealed the name of its brand-new ride that will open in the spring of 2025 – and it is slated to be the highest topspin ride of its kind. Part of the ‘Nemesis’ universe at ...
From 1996 onwards, the park began to decline, and in 1997, Granada sold it to the company Ventureworld which was headed by John Broome, a former Alton Towers developer. During the reign of Broome as owner of the park, the only noticeable change was the addition of minor or upcharge attractions, and the slow decline of many of the park's ...
Alton Towers’ oldest ride is set to close after 44 years, it has been confirmed. The Blade, which was previously known as the Pirate Ship, is preparing for retirement, according to the ...
According to Statista, Alton Towers welcomed 1.8 million visitors in 2021, compared to 2.13 million in 2019, before the coronvirus pandemic and accompanying lockdown restrictions took hold.
It was the first dark ride at Alton Towers, one of the largest in the UK at the time, and was produced by Keith Sparks for the park's owner John Broome. It was a 4-minute boat ride which followed the adventures of Phileas Fogg and was loosely based on Jules Verne's 1873 novel Around the World in Eighty Days and took riders through various ...