They're ba-a-ack! Three years after buying Busch Gardens and SeaWorld from Anheuser-Busch Inbev (BUD 1.43%), The Blackstone Group (BX) confirmed Thursday that it's bringing the theme parks back to the public markets in the form of a new IPO.
With a probable $1.4 billion in current-year sales, a once-again-public SeaWorld -- tentatively tickered "SEAS" -- could conceivably command a valuation as high as $3 billion. But is it worth it? Is it as good a bargain as, say, rival park operators Disney (DIS 0.16%) or Cedar Fair (FUN -0.99%)? And could there be an even better way to play this IPO, than by -- you know -- buying it?
Listen in, as Fool contributor Rich Smith lays out the angles...
