Taiwan ride manufacturer buys Vancouver-based Flyover for US$78 million | Daily Hive

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The Taiwan-based company that designed and built the flying-ride technology and equipment for all of the worldwide locations of Vancouver-based Flyover Attractions has acquired the attraction chain, locations, intellectual properties, and overall business itself.

Colorado-based Pursuit Attractions and Hospitality announced today it has sold its Flyover Attractions division to Brogent Technologies, which is headquartered in Kaohsiung.

The deal is worth US$78.4 million (C$109 million) and is expected to close in Spring 2026.

According to David Barry, president and CEO of Pursuit, this sale will enable Pursuit to better focus on its core business of owning and operating major sightseeing attractions and hospitality experiences in iconic nature-based locations. Pursuit has a major presence in the Banff, Jasper, and Golden areas of Western Canada, as well as in Alaska, Iceland, and Costa Rica, with its Flyover division being a major outlier in providing simulated natural experiences.

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For nearly a decade under Pursuit’s ownership, substantial investments were made to enable Flyover Attractions to significantly expand its presence to new markets — opening additional flying-ride attractions in other major cities and destinations — and producing new industry-leading, award-winning original flying ride film content, creatively curated for each new location.

In partnership with Aquilini Investments, the owner of the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks, Flyover Attractions was founded by Vancouver entrepreneurs Andrew Strang and Stephen Geddes, and it opened its first flying theatre attraction — Flyover (originally named FlyOver Canada) — in 2013 by converting the former IMAX theatre at Canada Place in downtown Vancouver. It then expanded with FlyOver America at the Mall of America in Minnesota in 2016.

Pursuit acquired the Vancouver-based company in 2017, which led to the opening of Flyover in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 2019, Flyover on the Las Vegas Strip in 2021, and Flyover at Chicago’s Navy Pier in 2024. In 2019, plans were announced to build a new standalone Flyover attraction building at the base of the CN Tower in Toronto, but the project has yet to be realized following significant delays. It should also be noted that Flyover’s website no longer mentions a future Toronto location.

Flyover at Canada Place in downtown Vancouver. (Flyover)

Main entrance into FlyOver Las Vegas from the Las Vegas Strip. (Kenneth Chan)

Flyover is widely regarded as one of Vancouver’s leading tourism attractions and a standout Vancouver success story in entertainment-based intellectual property and global export. It is also the only new major and successful standalone tourist attraction to open in Vancouver this century to date.

In 2025, Flyover recorded a combined total of 1.4 million guests across Pursuit’s four flying theatre locations in Vancouver, Iceland, Las Vegas, and Chicago. Cumulatively, since the first location opened in 2013, Flyover has welcomed over nine million guests across its various locations. The Minnesota location is not owned by Pursuit and was not part of the sale to Brogent.

The creative direction and production for Flyover’s various original films were led by Whistler-based creative director David Mossop and former Walt Disney Imagineer Rick Rothschild, who had a leading role in creating the Soarin’ flying ride attraction found at Disney theme parks.

Flyover Attractions has had a close relationship with its new owner since its infancy. All of the crucial immersive flying simulation ride equipment and technology for all five locations were supplied and built by Brogent Technologies. Prior to the acquisition, Brogent already owned and operated a number of flying theatre ride attractions, including locations in Taiwan.

Previous films originally made for Brogent-owned attractions have also been featured at Flyover locations in the past, such as the seasonal showing of Soar Over Taiwan during the Lunar New Year period.

In late 2025, under the company’s newly-launched global licensing intellectual properties strategy, Flyover Attractions announced that for the first time ever, its Vancouver-produced flying films — originally created as proprietary content for its own attractions — will be made available to immersive flying theatre attractions worldwide, with many of these theatres elsewhere also using equipment built and designed by Brogent.

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Over the past decade, driven by improvements in technology and market demand, there has been a tremendous growth in the number of flying theatre attractions found worldwide — either as standalone attractions in urban/tourist locations or at amusement and theme parks — outside of Disney theme parks, where the concept first made its global breakthrough. Flyover in Vancouver was one of the first major applications of the concept outside of a Disney theme park.

According to Brogent’s website, since its founding in 2001, it has delivered over 100 immersive media-based ride platforms across more than 20 countries, including the 2022-opened Rise NY flying theatre attraction at Times Square in New York City and the August 2025-opened Niagara Takes Flight flying theatre attraction at Table Rock Centre on the edge of Niagara Falls, Ontario.

Barry says under Brogent, Flyover Attractions “will be well positioned for continued success under a strategic owner focused on supporting its growth potential.”

For Brogent, this acquisition represents a major milestone for the company in expanding its business from ride system engineering to an integrated immersive entertainment provider. “By combining Brogent’s technology platform with Flyover’s creative, operational, and guest experience expertise, the transaction supports a more aligned approach to attraction development, deployment, and long-term operations,” states a news release today.

Chih-Hung Ouyang, chairman and CEO of Brogent Technologies, said, “Flyover has established a strong global brand by delivering compelling and consistently high-quality flying theater experiences. This transaction brings together complementary strengths across technology, creative development, and operations, and positions Brogent to support the continued growth of immersive attractions on a global scale.”

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In June 2024, Flyover in Vancouver launched its new primary film of Awaken Canada, replacing the original Canada film that has been shown at the attraction since its opening more than a decade ago. The new film was produced using the latest technologies and techniques also adopted for some of Flyover’s other recent films, including the use of drones, which was a method first extensively adopted by the same creative team for the Flyover Chicago film. Ahead of the new film’s debut, major upgrades were made to the audio and projection systems of the Vancouver theatre. At that juncture, a rebranding was also made, renaming the attraction from FlyOver Canada to simply Flyover.

In other immersive flying ride news for this year, Disney’s new Soarin’ Across America film will debut later in 2026 at the Soarin’ attractions in Walt Disney World’s EPCOT and Disneyland Resort’s Disney California Adventure, timed to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the United States. The limited-time presentation — the first new Soarin’ film in a decade — will showcase a range of new scenic, iconic U.S. landscapes and cityscapes, temporarily replacing Soarin’ Around the World.

Awaken Canada. (Flyover)

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