Category: Attractions

This summer, guests at the Delaware North-operated Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida can have an out-of-this-world experience – a virtual trip to Mars.

A frame containing a United States flag and mission pins and patches that were flown on the Orion Exploration Flight Test (EFT)-1 was recently gifted from Lockheed Martin to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

Delaware North, which operates Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex for NASA,on Fridaybroke ground on a next-generation attraction designed to touch the hearts and minds of the next generation of space explorers – Heroes and Legends, featuring the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame®.

More than 660 poker players – including several high-profile names – participated in the recent three-day Deep Stack Poker Festival at Delaware North-owned-and-operated Daytona Beach Kennel Club & Poker Room.

Anew 3D film, “Journey To Space,” was launched on March 7 at Delaware North-operated Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The filmshowcases NASA’s bold plans for the future, including landing astronauts on Mars and capturing asteroids – painting a clear picture for viewers that “NASA’s next era will be its greatest yet.”

A group of 300 high school students in Florida willhave soonvisited the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex for an educational experience, thanks to a program underwritten and arranged by Delaware North Chairman Jeremy Jacobs and his family.

Sovereign Hill Museum in Australia was recently named Victoria region’s best attraction at the 2014 Victorian Tourism Awards.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Oct. 21, 2014) — Delaware North Companies Principal Jerry Jacobs Jr. joined travel industry leaders on Tuesday at theU.S. Department of the Interiorin Washington, D.C., to participate in a three-part presentation moderated by National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis.

BUFFALO, N.Y., and CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (June 28, 2013) – Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts is set to open Space Shuttle AtlantisSM, the world’s most comprehensive and interactive attraction devoted to NASA’s 30-year Space Shuttle Program, on June 29 at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. (April 26, 2012) – Yellowstone National Park has been ranked as the best adventure vacation in the United States by U.S. News and World Report. The magazine also ranked Yellowstone as the best cheap summer vacation in the country, second best affordable U.S. destination, second best family summer vacation and third best relaxing U.S. getaway.