The story
The company's founders, Mike Gallagher and Mike Morey, now serve as its co-chairmen. Gallagher's career includes various marketing, operations and executive positions at SeaWorld San Diego, the San Diego Zoo and Marine World Africa USA (now Six Flags Discovery Kingdom). Morey is the founder and former owner of Morey & Associates, a market research and consulting firm whose clients include museums, aquariums and zoos.
In June 1997, the CityPASS program was launched simultaneously in Seattle and San Francisco.
CityPASS ticket packages for other destinations followed:
1998 – New York and Boston
1999 – Philadelphia
2000 – Chicago
2003 – Southern California (Disneyland, Disney California Adventure Park, Legoland California and SeaWorld San Diego)
2004 – Toronto
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2006 – Atlanta
2008 – Houston
2014 – Tampa Bay
2015 – Dallas
2016 – New York C3
2018 – Denver
2018 – San Francisco C3
2019 – Orlando CityPASS
2021 – San Diego CityPASS
2023 – San Antonio CityPASS
2024 – Los Angeles CityPASS
In January 2010, the company changed the styling of its consumer name from "CityPass" to "CityPASS." Both versions of the name are trademarked.
From Wikipedia’s article on CityPASS, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4