Busch Entertainment Corp. is getting ready to end one of the longest-standing traditions at its theme parks: free beer sampling.

The company announced that it will close the popular hospitality houses at all of its SeaWorld and Busch Garden theme parks beginning in January. The facilities will eventually re-open as restaurants only, without the beer sampling. 

The Busch Gardens hospitality house in Tampa is scheduled to close “briefly” at the end of January and will re-open with a “cafe-style menu.” The SeaWorld Orlando hospitality house is slated to close for a longer time, as of Feb. 1, and it will be converted into a new restaurant.

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