PAG buys Japanese theme park for $722m
PAG has agreed to buy Huis Ten Bosch, a Japanese theme park best known for its recreations of idyllic European cityscapes, for an equity valuation of approximately JPY 100bn (USD 722m).
This is not the private equity firm’s first exposure to a Japanese theme park. In 2013, it backed Universal Studios Japan (USJ), joining existing investors Goldman Sachs, MBK Partners, and Owl Creek...
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