Craig’s Cruisers offered to 5 Star Parks & Points of interest

GRAND RAPIDS — The proprietor of three West Michigan amusement facilities offered the areas to an funding group that makes a speciality of household enjoyable points of interest.

Branson, Missouri-based 5 Star Parks & Points of interest mentioned in a Wednesday information launch it acquired the Craig’s Cruisers areas in Wyoming, Holland and Muskegon with its funding companion Fruition Companions LLC, primarily based in Denver, from proprietor Craig Cihak.

Phrases of the deal weren’t disclosed.

The unique location at Silver Lake Dunes in Mears was not included within the sale, in keeping with Jeff Gebhart, CEO of Craig’s Cruisers. Gebhart will proceed on as CEO of the three areas now below 5 Star’s possession, main its staff of about 225 staff.

Craig’s Cruisers was based in Silver Lake in 1979 by Craig Cihak and his mother and father, Ron and Donna Cihak. It affords indoor and out of doors household actions together with a trampoline park, arcade, restaurant, go-karts, bumper vehicles, bumper boats, curler coasters, laser tag, zip strains and miniature golf.

Gebhart mentioned the corporate is happy with the sale and believes it is going to assist enhance the visitor expertise.

“Craig’s Cruisers is just not altering the identify,” he mentioned. “It is simply 5 Star goes to have the ability to deliver us a nationwide model with some expertise within the business, they usually’ll be capable of proceed to herald new points of interest and extra enjoyable to the parks. West Michigan goes to proceed to see the identical Craig’s Cruisers they’ve all the time identified, and it should proceed to get higher.”