CompaniesGaming & WageringPrint articleArdent Leisure taps new theme park boss, stock jumps 5pcElouise FowlerReporterApr 21, 2021 – 12.10pmSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginThe owner of Queensland’s Dreamworld theme park, Ardent Leisure Group, has made a shock new appointment to the head of its theme parks division, Greg Yong, amid depressed trading conditions at its venues in the United States and Australia.The entertainment group blames the snap lockdown in Brisbane for setting back the $465 million company’s recovery and a winter storm that affected most of its US sites, particularly in Texas.Loading...Elouise Fowler is a journalist for The Australian Financial Review based in the Melbourne office. Connect with Elouise on Twitter. Email Elouise at elouise.fowler@afr.com.auSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreGaming & wageringArdent LeisureSharesLatest In Gaming & wageringFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In CompaniesThe Australian Financial Review Magazine‘We don’t want to die wondering’: Jo Horgan on Mecca’s biggest bet yetLauren SamsThis Brisbane restaurant deserves a Michelin starHow Ozempic and other GLP-1s are transforming much more than just waistlinesBOSS Financial ReviewSPC chief’s battle to remake the household brandPatrick DurkinThe hottest new C-suite position is head of AIThe CEO who calls email the least productive productivity hackLife & LeisureWe visit the home of the most famous Greek poet you’ve never heard ofJohn McDonaldHow to pack for a work trip – fashionablyA Dua Lipa-approved handbag and talismanic earrings to buy this weekRich ListProperty billionaire Nick Andrianakos dies in GreeceYolanda RedrupCannon-Brookes describes ‘deep internal conflict’ over his private jetOscar Piastri on the secret of his $41m-a year success
