M.E. Company

M.E. Company (formerly known as Memphis Entertainment Company) was an amusement park company headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. It was founded in 1983 and went bankrupt in early 1996.

History
In 1982, 37-year-old Roger Wayland left Anderson Amusements company in Pennsylvania and moved to Memphis to start his own amusement park company with his own money. Memphis Entertainment Company was founded in 1983.

In 1993, The company's name was changed to M.E. Company.

In early 1996, The company went bankrupt. Memphisworld was sold to Premier Parks, Tucson's Wonderland and Saltair-World were sold to Carwardine Parks, and Desertworld was razed for housing, but all the rides and the "Desertworld" trademark were sold off to Carwardine.

Licenses in the parks

 * Anne of Green Gables (1979 anime) (1984-1996)
 * The Beatles (1965-67 Cartoon series) (1988-1996)
 * Burbank Animation Studios (1990-1996)
 * Dennis the Menace (Cartoon) (1987-1996)
 * Meet the Feebles (1993-1996)
 * Inspector Gadget (1984-1990)
 * The Littles (1984-1990)
 * Monty Python (1988-1996)
 * Mortal Kombat (1994-1996)
 * Ox Tales (1991-1996)
 * Power Rangers (1994-1996)
 * Psammead the Mini Genie (1991-1996)
 * The Young Ones (1988-1996)
 * Woody Woodpecker (1989-1996)
 * Wowser (1991-1996)

Trivia

 * In late 1993, M.E. Company had plans for a third-built amusement park, only this time, the third-built amusement park will be indoors. Since the owner of the company went to Adventuredome (then known as Grand Slam Canyon) in Las Vegas, Nevada when this park opened. They were going to call the project their first indoor amusement park, Texas Spaceworld. Construction began in June 1995, but unfortunately, it was canceled when the company went bankrupt in early 1996. But then summer of 1996, the amusement park construction site was purchased by a Texas amusement park company named M.T.A.C. Company (stands for Made in Texas Amusement Centers). Construction resumes after that. In 1997, after two years of construction, Texas Spaceworld officially opened to the public.