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===Other operations=== Aside from supply operations like brewing and packaging, Anheuser-Busch Companies includes Anheuser-Busch Wholesale Operations Divisions (WOD), Anheuser-Busch Agricultural Operations, Anheuser-Busch Recycling Corporation, Eagle Packaging, and [[Busch Properties]], which manages subsidiary-owned property. Anheuser Busch owns and operates aluminum can plants (Metal Container Corporation). MCC supplies Anheuser Busch breweries and Pepsi Beverages Group fillers across the US. Suppliers to Anheuser-Busch Companies include [[Owens-Illinois]], which provides glass bottles to several Anheuser-Busch breweries. Anheuser-Busch also owns glass production facilities, such as the former Longhorn Glass, which provides glass for the Houston brewery. Anheuser-Busch Companies delivers its products to retailers through a network of more than 500 independent wholesalers and 13 wholly owned distributors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://anheuser-busch.com/index.php/our-company/operations/wholesale-operations/ |title=Anheuser-Busch Wholesaler Operations |publisher=Anheuser-Busch |access-date=August 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224132200/http://anheuser-busch.com/index.php/our-company/operations/wholesale-operations/ |archive-date=February 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> On February 20, 1953, Anheuser-Busch purchased the St. Louis Cardinals [[Major League Baseball|major league baseball]] club and owned them until March 21, 1996, when the club was sold to a group of private investors. In 1966, [[Busch Memorial Stadium]] was paid for and built by the brewery and opened for business; Anheuser-Busch later purchased the stadium in 1981 for $53 million and removed the "Memorial" in its name. The stadium was demolished in late 2005 and replaced by a [[Busch Stadium|new ballpark]] in 2006. Anheuser-Busch signed an agreement to retain the "Busch Stadium" name on the new building through 2025. Up until 2009, Anheuser-Busch was also one of the largest theme park owners/operators in the United States, with ten parks throughout the country through its entertainment division, Busch Entertainment Corporation, including its three SeaWorld locations. The company is now known as [[SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment]].
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