Jerry Brick
Company name
Palace Entertainment
Job title
Director of Construction
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Environmental Design On A Dime: Reimagining The Guest Experience With High Impact, Low Cost Solutions.
Environmental Design On A Dime: Reimagining The Guest Experience With High Impact, Low Cost Solutions.
Short biography
Jerry Brick brings more than 35 years of amusement industry experience to Palace Entertainment, a leading amusement and water park operator with more than 20 properties across the United States and Australia.
Since 2020, Jerry has served as the company’s director of construction, overseeing several major capital projects across the organization, including four park-wide transformations at Lake Compounce Amusement and Water Park, Kennywood Park, Sandcastle Water Park, and Water Country Water Park. He served as the main project manager as the parks underwent multi-year upgrades, offering a complete redesign of each park’s man entry, new food and beverage buildings, upgraded retail locations, and more.
Jerry has also overseen several new ride installations across the company’s portfolio, including the all-new Moo Lagoon water play area at Story Land Theme Park, Draken Falls log flume and Flying Viking family roller coaster at Adventureland Resort, Bombs Away drop capsule water slides at Raging Waters Los Angeles, Wet ‘n Wild Emerald Pointe and Sandcastle.
Prior to his role with the Palace Entertainment support center team, Jerry worked at Lake Compounce for more than 23 years. He joined the park team in 1996 as Director of Operations and was promoted to General Manager in 2004. During his time with the park, he oversaw the extensive growth of Lake Compounce, including the expansion of the water park, Crocodile Cove, the addition of New England’s first triple-launch roller coaster, Phobia, the introduction of Lake Compounce Campground, and more.