Anheuser-Busch InBev raises $2.7 billion from selling theme parks to Blackstone Group

AB-InBev sells off theme parks

BRUSSELS — Anheuser-Busch InBev says it will sell its U.S. theme parks to the Blackstone Group for $2.7 billion.

The sale of three SeaWorld parks, two Busch Gardens parks and five others is the largest of a string of selloffs AB-InBev has made to help pay for the $52 billion takeover deal that formed it last year.

AB-InBev chief executive Carlos Brito said in a Wednesday statement that the theme parks were “not a core business” for the company.