LOUISVILLE, Colo., Jan. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Ellora Entertainment, LLC, a company owned by Charles S. Leavell and J. Stanley Gilbert, acquired Renaissance Entertainment Corporation ("Renaissance") on December 22, 2005 pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated November 21, 2005. Shareholders of Renaissance are entitled to receive merger consideration in cash equal to $0.03 per share of Renaissance common stock. The Company is in process of mailing instructions to shareholders to redeem their shares.
Renaissance owns and produces Renaissance Faires throughout the United States that are re-creations of a sixteenth century England village. Renaissance owns and produces three Renaissance Faires: the Bristol Renaissance Faire in Kenosha, Wisconsin; the Southern California Renaissance Pleasure Faire in Irwindale, California and the New York Renaissance Faire in Tuxedo, New York. These faires are created through authentic craft shops, food vendors and continuous live entertainment throughout the day, both on the street and the stage and includes actors, jugglers, jousters, magicians, dancers and musicians. In addition to the Renaissance Faires, Renaissance also produces the Forest of Fear each October in Tuxedo, New York.
