Vista Parks

Vista Parks, formerly known as Brighton Brothers Entertainment Company (BBECO) or as Hilton Parks & Entertainment, is an American amusement park company headquartered in. The chain was founded in 1974, following the opening of it's first park, Brighton Lake in, and was managed by the Brighton family up until 1995, when the chain was sold to. Following financial woes in the later half of the 2000's, the chain was sold again to, it's current owners, in 2009.

Chain History
In 1995, Thomas Brighton suffered a major stroke that left him mentally and physically disabled. Unable to balance caring for his older brother and managing the chain, Ken Brighton made the decision in October of that year to sell BBECO to.

In 2004, they purchased two parks from Six Flags.

Current

 * Bandai (since 2006)
 * Crash Bandicoot (since 1998)
 * Cuphead (since 2020)
 * Garfield (since 2019; license shared with Carwardine and Silverwood)
 * Namco (since 1989)
 * NBA (since 2002; license shared w/ Disney)
 * NHL (since 2012)
 * Nickelodeon (since 2009; license shared w/ Universal and Carwardine)
 * South Park (since 2009)
 * Star Trek (since 2009)
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (since 2004)
 * Vocaloid (since 2016)
 * WWE (since 1995; license shared w/ Carwardine)

Semi-current

 * Pinkfong (since 2022)

Former

 * 4Kids (2004-2009)
 * Crazy Frog (2005-2009)
 * NFL (2002-2017; license sold to Carwardine)

Restauraunt franchises in the parks
Nearly every park in the chain has at least one of these restauraunts. As of 2022, all Vista-owned properties serve Coca-Cola products.
 * 7-Eleven (at most locations)
 * Captain D's (at Brighton Lake, Isaac Hayes' Soul Kingdom, and Pontchartrain Beach)
 * Carl's Jr and Green Burrito (at most locations in the western US)
 * Dippin' Dots (at all locations)
 * Great American Cookies (at a few locations)
 * Hardee's and Red Burrito (at most locations in the eastern US)
 * Little Caesars (at some locations)
 * Panda Express (at some locations)
 * Starbucks (at Brighton Lake)

Trivia

 * This is the second Viacom owned park chain, after Paramount Parks, which folded into Six Flags after the Viacom and CBS merger in 2006.
 * California Kingdom is located the furthest from the other parks.