Who owns Sesame Place San Diego?
Sesame Place San Diego is operated by United Parks (the United States, NYSE: PRKS) under licence; United Parks does not own the name.[1] The Sesame Place San Diego name is owned by Sesame Workshop.
Evidence: United Parks & Resorts Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-03, SEC EDGAR, 3 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Licensed to
- United Parks & Resorts Inc. verified
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇸 United States, Orlando
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 2022
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Franchises & parks › Theme parks
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: PRKS
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Sesame Place San Diego
Sesame Place San Diego is a 17-acre theme park that opened in 2022, the newest park in the portfolio of United Parks & Resorts. Like Sesame Place Philadelphia, it operates under the company's licence agreement with Sesame Workshop, which owns the Sesame Street characters and marks.
What United Parks's annual report says about Sesame Place San Diego
Sentences about Sesame Place San Diego from United Parks's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
We also have a solar carport system at Sesame Place San Diego, which generates up to 90% of the park's annual energy needs.
(b) Former site of Aquatica San Diego water park which was converted into Sesame Place San Diego theme park in 2022.
Ownership timeline of Sesame Place San Diego
Where Sesame Place San Diego sits in United Parks
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by United Parks
United Parks controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 9 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
- Adventure Island (1980)
- Aquatica Orlando (2008)
- Aquatica San Antonio (2016)
- Discovery Cove (1989)
- SeaWorld Orlando (1973)
- SeaWorld San Antonio (1988)
- SeaWorld San Diego (1964)
- Water Country USA (1984)
Other brands in theme parks, and who owns them
The 39 brands in theme parks on Brandtree belong to 10 owners. The largest is Six Flags, with 11; United Parks has 8.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Canada's Wonderland | Six Flags | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Xavage | Grupo Xcaret | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Adventure Cove Waterpark | Genting | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Magic Planet | Majid Al Futtaim | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
| Harmonyland | Sanrio | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Universal Destinations & Experiences | Comcast | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Disney Parks | Disney | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Boomers Parks | Lucky Strike Entertainment | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: United Parks
United Parks is a publicly listed company headquartered in Orlando, United States.
United Parks & Resorts is the Orlando-based theme park operator that changed its name from SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. in February 2024. Its FY2025 10-K dates the company to 1959, the opening of the first Busch Gardens park in Tampa. It uses the Busch Gardens name under a perpetual, exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free trademark licence from Anheuser-Busch, and operates Sesame Place under a licence from Sesame Workshop, so neither of those owners is the company. It also refers to a licensed SeaWorld-branded park in the United Arab Emirates, which it does not own.
United Parks: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Sesame Place San Diego and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Sesame Place San Diego is not one of them.
- 20th Century Studios — Disney 🇺🇸
- AMC — AMC Networks 🇺🇸
- AMC Theatres — AMC Theatres 🇺🇸
- AMF — Lucky Strike Entertainment 🇺🇸
- Antenna TV — Nexstar 🇺🇸
- Atlanta Braves — Atlanta Braves Holdings 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who makes Sesame Place San Diego?
United Parks makes and sells Sesame Place San Diego under a licensing agreement.
Does United Parks own Sesame Place San Diego?
No. United Parks holds a licence to make and sell Sesame Place San Diego, which is not the same as owning it.
Where did Sesame Place San Diego come from?
Sesame Place San Diego originated in the United States in 2022.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] United Parks & Resorts Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-03 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 3 March 2026; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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