Editing Dolly Parton (section)

===The Dollywood Company===
[[File:Dollywoodsign1.jpg|thumb|alt=Photo of the entrance to Dollywood|Entrance to Dollywood in Pigeon Forge]]
Parton invested much of her earnings into business ventures in her native East Tennessee, notably [[Pigeon Forge, Tennessee|Pigeon Forge]]. She is a co-owner of [[Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation#The Dollywood Company|The Dollywood Company]], which operates the theme park [[Dollywood]] (a former [[Silver Dollar City]]), a [[dinner theater]], [[Dolly Parton's Stampede]], the [[waterpark]] [[Dollywood's Splash Country]], and the Dream More Resort and Spa, all in Pigeon Forge. Dollywood is the 24th-most-popular theme park in the United States, with three million visitors per year.<ref>[http://www.dollymania.net/faq.html#023 "Dollymania FAQ No 23"]; retrieved May 1, 2009</ref>
The Dolly Parton's Stampede business has venues in [[Branson, Missouri|Branson]], Missouri, and [[Myrtle Beach, South Carolina|Myrtle Beach]], South Carolina. A former location in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]], Florida, closed in January 2008 after the land and building were sold to a developer.<ref name="soldorlando">{{cite news |title=Orlando's Dixie Stampede shuts down |last=Blake |first=Scott |work=[[Florida Today]] |url=http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080108/BUSINESS/301080002/1003 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080119133116/http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080108/BUSINESS/301080002/1003 |date=January 8, 2008 |archive-date=January 19, 2008 |access-date=July 19, 2021}}</ref> Starting in June 2011, the Myrtle Beach location became Pirates Voyage Fun, Feast and Adventure; Parton appeared for the opening, and the [[South Carolina General Assembly]] declared June 3, 2011, as Dolly Parton Day.<ref name=Docks>{{cite news|url=http://www.thesunnews.com/2011/06/04/2200260/pirates-voyage-docks-in-mb.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130204223424/http://www.thesunnews.com/2011/06/04/2200260/pirates-voyage-docks-in-mb.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 4, 2013|title=Pirates Voyage docks in Myrtle Beach|last=Grooms|first=Vicki|work=[[The Sun News]]|date=December 31, 2010|access-date=December 31, 2010}}</ref>

On January 19, 2012, Parton's 66th birthday, Gaylord Opryland and Dollywood announced plans to open a $50{{spaces}}million water and snow park, a family-friendly destination in Nashville that is open all year.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dolly Parton & Gaylord Opryland to Bring Amusement Park to Music City|url=http://www.nashvilleonthemove.com/2012/01/dolly-parton-gaylord-opryland-to-bring-amusement-park-to-music-city-nashville-commercial-development|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202193728/http://www.nashvilleonthemove.com/2012/01/dolly-parton-gaylord-opryland-to-bring-amusement-park-to-music-city-nashville-commercial-development/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 2, 2012|work=Nashville on the Move|date=January 20, 2012}}</ref> On September 29, 2012, Parton officially withdrew her support for the Nashville park due to the restructuring of Gaylord Entertainment Company after its merger with Marriott International.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dolly Parton drops out of Nashville theme park|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/28/showbiz/dollywood-nashville-theme-park/|work=CNN|date=September 30, 2012}}</ref>
On June 12, 2015, it was announced that the Dollywood Company had purchased the Lumberjack Feud Dinner Show in Pigeon Forge. The show, which opened in June 2011, was owned and operated by Rob Scheer until the close of the 2015 season. The new, renovated show by the Dollywood Company opened in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dolly Parton Adds Additional Dinner Theater in Pigeon Forge |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150612005679/en/Dolly-Parton-Adds-Additional-Dinner-Theater-Pigeon |work=[[Business Wire]] |date=June 12, 2015}}</ref>