Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company breaks ground for “Hershey’s Chocolatetown,” an all-new region at Hersheypark where guests can play, eat, shop, and gather year round. Opening is scheduled for Summer 2020.
Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company announces the sale of DUTCH WONDERLAND Family Entertainment Complex to Palace Entertainment.
Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company hosts the inaugural Hershey Half Marathon. Proceeds from the 13.1 mile race benefited Children’s Miracle Network at Penn State Children’s Hospital. Chad Carr, an alum of Hershey High School, finished the race at 1:11:33. The women’s winner, Kaitlin Anelauskas, finished at 1:21:37.
The Cocoa Beanery opens at 1215 Research Boulevard near the Penn State Hershey Medical Center. The Beanery occupies a farmhouse built in the 1850’s that was used as the Milton Hershey School student home, Englewood, from July 14, 1933 through 1964. The Beanery closes this location on April 26, 2023.
Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company moves its corporate headquarters from 300 Park Blvd. to the newly restored Press Building on Chocolate Avenue. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in November 2005.]