Premier Parks originally operated as the Tierco Group, Inc., an Oklahoma-based real estate company.

Since Tierco was on its way to becoming a " premier " regional theme park operator, in 1994 it changed its name to Premier Parks, Inc. Kieran E. Burke, chairman and chief executive officer ( CEO ), noted that the new name signified the beginning of a new era for the company.

At the end of 1994, Premier Parks acquired an agreement to manage Elitch Gardens in Denver, Colorado which had just relocated from outside the city.

Premier Parks also added water parks to Darien Lake, Lake Compounce ( right before selling it ), Elitch Gardens, and Great Escape in 1995 and 1996.

Premier Parks also made plans to acquire more parks and wound up buying a larger corporation late that year.

Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc. was purchased in whole on April 1, 1998 from Time Warner by Premier Parks for $ 1. 86 billion.

In 2000, Premier Parks assumed the Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc. name and continued re-branding its parks, most notably the former Geauga Lake into Six Flags Ohio.

The Walibi parks, including Bellewaerde in Belgium, were purchased by Premier Parks Inc. in 1998, who subsequently overhauled the Flevo park, removing the ' Walibi ' branding and building 30 new attractions as part of its transformation into Six Flags Holland in 2000.

That coaster was sold to Premier Parks, which at the time was a different company than Six Flags ( but would eventually buy Six Flags ).

Premier Parks purchased Six Flags from Time Warner and Boston Ventures on April 1, 1998.

In 1995, growing regional park chain Premier Parks bought Funtime and its three owned parks.

In 1998, Premier purchased Six Flags Theme Parks, and began to rebrand its own parks as Six Flags.

2000 brought the reforming of Premier Parks, assuming their new name, Six Flags Inc. and a drop in the addition of new attractions.

A corporate deal in 1995 saw Premier Parks acquiring Funtime, giving Geauga Lake a new owner.

Premier Parks invested $ 9 million in new rides, including the Mind Eraser ( a steel looping shuttle Boomerang roller coaster ) and Grizzly Run, a water rapids ride designed by Intamin.

In 1998, Premier Parks purchased Six Flags from Time Warner.

In 1998, Time Warner sold its interests in the Six Flags parks to Premier Parks of Oklahoma City, which later changed its name to Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc.

Time Warner sold its interests in the Six Flags parks to Premier Parks of Oklahoma City, which later changed its name to Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc.

In 1997, Kentucky Kingdom was sold to Premier Parks, which in 1998 purchased Six Flags Theme Parks from Time Warner.

Canada Life replace Sure Mobile as the sponsor of the old Division One, which had been known by that name since 1951, now re-branded as the Premier League.

However Leeds were unable to build on their success, and finished the 1992 – 93 season down in 17th place in what was newly re-branded as the Premier League.

Riverside, like many Premier Parks was " flagged " or re-branded as a Six Flags Park.

On 1 June 1988 County Sound Radio became the first UK station to split its FM and MW frequencies to create two stations, 96. 4 became " Premier Radio " and 203 MW was re-branded " County Sound Gold ", which was later renamed First Gold Radio.

The Evening Gazette and The Green adverts remained until the 1980s ; however, that of Harold Smith's garage – which, along with the former two, was repainted in the reverse colours of white-on-black – was halved in length and re-branded " Premier Garage South Shore " in the mid-1960s.

** Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells confirms he will rescind Newfoundland's approval of the Meech Lake Accord.

Premier immediately sold Lake Compounce to Kennywood.

Premier then began to apply the Six Flags name to a number of smaller parks that the company had already owned, including Darien Lake, Elitch Gardens, Kentucky Kingdom and Adventure World.

* March 9-Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Clyde Wells confirms he will rescind Newfoundland's approval of the Meech Lake Accord

Lapierre's group led a stir at the 1990 Liberal Leadership Convention in Calgary when Jean Chrétien embraced Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador Clyde Wells hours after the latter had helped kill the Meech Lake Accord.

He was the seventh Premier of Yukon and leader of the Yukon Party, serving from 2002 to 2011, as well as the MLA for Watson Lake.

They currently play in the Victorian Premier League at Bob Jane Stadium, a rectangular stadium built on Lake Oval, the former home ground of the South Melbourne Swans.

The Commission on the Political and Constitutional Future of Quebec, also known as the Bélanger-Campeau Commission, was established by the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec, at the initiative of Premier Robert Bourassa, after the demise of the Meech Lake Accord.

Born in Black Lake, Quebec, Loubier was first elected in Bellechasse in 1962 and became UN leader in July 1971, replacing former Premier Jean-Jacques Bertrand as party leader and leader of the Opposition.

John Oliver Secondary School in Vancouver, British Columbia, Mount John Oliver in the Premier Range of the Cariboo Mountains, the town of Oliver, British Columbia, and Oliver Street in Williams Lake, British Columbia, are all named after him.

This stretch of Highway 97, named for former British Columbia Premier John Hart, begins at Prince George, travelling for north through the small hamlet of Summit Lake, which is situated at the Continental Divide, as well as through Crooked River Provincial Park, Bear Lake and McLeod Lake, to its intersection with Highway 39.

Premier Parks opted out of its contract with Lake Compounce to focus on Riverside Park, leaving Lake Compounce in peril once again.

In 1989, under strain from the troubling and complex wrangling surrounding the Meech Lake Accord and constitutional amendment talks, Alberta Premier Don Getty called for a Senate election.

Part of Barambah Creek is dammed south of Murgon to form Lake Barambah, also known as Bjelke-Petersen Dam, named after former Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen.

Appointed Assistant Deputy Minister for the Cabinet Planning Secretariat by then Premier Edward Schreyer, Parasiuk held several positions over the following years, including Cabinet Sub-Committee on Economic and Resource Development, Chairman of the Lake Winnipeg Management Board, Chairman of Northern Manpower Corporation, Deputy Minister to the Premier and Deputy Minister to the Cabinet Planning Secretariat.

Ontario Premier Bill Davis, who was known as " Brampton Billy ", formally initiated the construction of Highway 410 along the Heart Lake Road corridor during his administration.

From 1994 until 2007, Aston Martin was part of the Ford Motor Company, becoming part of the company's Premier Automotive Group in 2000.

And Curbishley rewarded the chairman's loyalty with the Division One title in 2000 which signalled a return to the Premier League.

The only seasons in recent times when this pattern was not followed were 1999 – 2000, when most rounds were played a few weeks earlier than normal as an experiment, and 2010 – 2011 when the FA Cup Final was played before the Premier League season had finished, in order to allow the stadium to be ready for the UEFA Champions League final.

* 1914 – Yu Kuo-hwa, Premier of Taiwan ( d. 2000 )

In 2000 Rover Group was broken-up by BMW and Land Rover was sold to Ford Motor Company, becoming part of its Premier Automotive Group.

The brand was the kit sponsor of Newcastle United football club between 1995 and 2000, during which time the team seriously challenged for the Premier League title and appeared at Wembley four times.

Very often it was critical saves that kept United from defeat or dropping valuable points, helping United to the 2000 – 01 Premier League title, their third in a row.

* Premier League: 2000 – 01, 2002 – 03

For example, in Premier Zhu Rongji's statements prior to the 2000 Presidential Election in Taiwan, he stated that as long as any ruling power in Taiwan accepts the One China Principle, they can negotiate and discuss anything freely.

Tromsø IL is the Norwegian Premier Division club which has had the most coaches since 2000.

* Premier League: 1998 – 99, 1999 – 2000, 2000-01

Odd plays in the Norwegian Premier League and holds the record winning the Norwegian Football Cup the most times, the last coming in 2000.

They were founder members of the FA Premier League in 1992 and survived at that level until 2000, but relocated to Milton Keynes, some 70 miles away in Buckinghamshire, in a controversial move in 2003, being rebranded as Milton Keynes Dons in 2004.

The last club match the was 2000 First Division play-off final on 29 May between Ipswich Town and Barnsley, a 4 – 2 win resulting in promotion to the Premier League for Ipswich.

The record attendance since the ground was made all-seated was on 2 February 2000 in a Premier League game against Manchester United and was watched by 39, 640 fans.

The highest attendance recorded since work to convert the stadium to an all-seater venue was completed in 1993 was for a Premier League match against Manchester United on 2 February 2000.

On 14 June 2000, NTL won the rights to show 40 live Premier League matches on a pay-per-view basis for three years, beginning at the start of the 2001 / 2 season.

In 2000, German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder visited Yad Vashem as a guest of Israeli Premier Ehud Barak and was invited to turn a handle to boost the Eternal Flame.

He served as 33rd Premier of British Columbia from 2000 to 2001 and as a Liberal Party of Canada Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2011 including a stint as Minister of Health from 2004 until 2006 when the party lost government.

* Stephen Lodge ( 1952 – present ) a former Premier League referee, who retired from top-flight officiating at the end of the 2000 – 2001 season.

In 2000, The New York Times made partial publication of a leaked CIA document titled, Clandestine Service History – Overthrow of Premier Mosaddegh of Iran – November 1952-August 1953.

Riise was subject of interest from English Premier League clubs, especially Fulham and Leeds United that both offered £ 4 million bids in 2000, though both came to nothing as Monaco wanted £ 6 million for him.

Tobin served as the sixth Premier of Newfoundland from 1996 to 2000.

He was the top goalscorer in the Scottish Premier League for five of the six seasons that he competed in, the only exception being the 1999 – 2000 season, most of which Larsson missed due to a severe leg break suffered in Lyon.

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