Boomers! Parks
Boomers Parks is a chain of family entertainment centers which feature indoor activities such as carousels, kiddie swings, restaurants, and video game arcades, and outdoor activities such as miniature golf, kiddie rides, bumper boats, batting cages, go-karts, kiddie roller coasters, and laser tag. The Modesto and Irvine locations each have a ride called the Flamethrower.
History
The first Boomers was opened in 1998 in Boca Raton, Florida, by Alexander Weber Jr.The former Huish Family Fun Centers and Bullwinkle's Restaurant locations in Anaheim, El Cajon, Escondido, Fountain Valley, San Diego, Upland, and Medford were sold to Palace Entertainment by 2001. These rebranded to Boomers and removing the Rocky and Bullwinkle theming.
Boomers became a DBA name by the Palace Entertainment chain in 2001, which resulted from the merger of several entertainment centers, including Camelot Parks, Palace Park, Boomers!, Grand Prix Race-O-Rama, and Family Fun Center. The official slogan of the formerly Palace-owned Boomers! Parks is "Where Family Fun Rules!".
In September 2014, Apex Parks Group purchased 10 Boomers locations from Palace Entertainment. In 2015, Apex Parks Group rebranded one of the last Mountasia Family Fun Centers to a Boomers. Closure of the Fresno and Houston locations in later years has resulted in 9 total Boomers parks currently owned by Apex Parks Group.
On April 8, 2020, Apex Parks Group announced it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and undergoing a financial restructuring.
On June 8, 2020, Boomers announced that they would be closing locations in El Cajon, California, Upland, California, and Kearny Mesa, California. The Fountain Valley, California location also has closed down.
After restructuring Apex Parks Group would become Boomers Parks. In addition to owning six Boomers! locations the company also owns Big Kahuna's water park in Destin, Florida, and West Berlin, New Jersey.
In early 2025, Herschend Family Entertainment acquired Palace Entertainment, including Palace's remaining Boomers locations in Palm Springs, California and Vista, California. By July 2025, however, Herschend sold these two locations to the Lucky Strike Entertainment Corporation.