Editing Knott's Berry Farm (section)

===New owners===
In the 1990s, after Walter and Cordelia died, their children decided to sell off their businesses.

In 1995, the Knott family sold the food specialty business to [[Conagra Brands|ConAgra Inc]],<ref name="brand"/> which later resold the brand to [[The J.M. Smucker Company]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=The J. M. Smucker Company Acquires Knott's Berry Farm® Food Brand From ConAgra Foods, Inc.|url=https://www.foxla.com/news/knotts-berry-farm-grocery-store-brand-discontinued|access-date=January 25, 2024}}</ref> In 2024, Smuckers discontinued sale of the Knott's Berry Farm jams in grocery stores.<ref>{{cite news|title=Knott's Berry Farm brand discontinued at grocery stores|url=https://www.conagrabrands.com/news-room/news-the-j-m-smucker-company-acquires-knotts-berry-farmr-food-brand-from-conagra-foods-inc-1145008|access-date=January 8, 2024|publisher=Conagra Brands|date=May 12, 2008}}</ref>

On December 29, 1997, the Knott family sold the amusement park operations to Cedar Fair. Initially, the Knotts were given an opportunity to sell the park to [[The Walt Disney Company]]. The park would have been amalgamated into the [[Disneyland Resort]] and converted into [[Disney's America]], which had previously failed to be built near Washington, D.C. The Knotts refused to sell the park to Disney out of fear that most of what Walter Knott had built would be eliminated.

In the late 1990s, Cedar Fair also acquired the Buena Park Hotel, located at the northwest corner of Grand and Crescent avenues.<ref>{{cite news|last=Reckard|first=E. Scott|title=Knott's Parent Firm to Buy Hotel Next to Theme Park|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-dec-19-fi-55485-story.html|access-date=January 8, 2024|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=December 19, 1998}}</ref> It was then brought up to [[Radisson Hotels|Radisson]] standards and branded Radisson Resort Hotel as a franchise. In 2004, the park renamed the Radisson Resort Hotel the Knott's Berry Farm Resort Hotel.<ref>{{cite news|last=Reckard|first=E. Scott|title=Knott's Owner Hopes Water Park and Hotel Renovation Bear Fruit|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-15-fi-41052-story.html|access-date=January 8, 2024|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=June 15, 2000}}</ref>