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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Esparza Anthony   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. [SEAS] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Chief Creative Officer (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O SEAWORLD ENTERTAINMENT, INC., 9205 SOUTH PARK CENTER LOOP, SUITE 400 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/01/2016 (Street) ORLANDO, FL 32819 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock 03/01/2016   A   8,943 (1) A $ 0 135,632 D   Common Stock 03/01/2016   A   5,962 (2) A $ 0 141,594 D   Common Stock 03/01/2016   A   11,924 (3) A $ 0 153,518 D

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Employee Stock Option (right to buy)

$ 18.17

03/01/2016

A

28,888

(4)

03/01/2026

Common Stock

28,888

$ 0

28,888 (5)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Esparza Anthony C/O SEAWORLD ENTERTAINMENT, INC. 9205 SOUTH PARK CENTER LOOP, SUITE 400 ORLANDO, FL 32819			Chief Creative Officer

Signatures

/s/ Carlos Clark, by power of attorney		03/03/2016
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Represents shares of restricted stock of the Issuer issued pursuant to the Issuer's 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan, which vest based on meeting certain performance criteria over a one-year performance period beginning on January 1, 2016 and ending on December 31, 2016.
(2)	Represents shares of restricted stock of the Issuer issued pursuant to the Issuer's 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan, which vest in four equal annual installments beginning on March 1, 2017.
(3)	Represents shares of restricted stock of the Issuer issued pursuant to the Issuer's 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan, which vest based on meeting certain performance criteria over a three-year performance period beginning on January 1, 2016 and ending on December 31, 2018.
(4)	This option vests in four equal annual installments beginning on March 1, 2017.
(5)	In accordance with Instruction 4 to this Form, Column 9 reports only total beneficial ownership of the "class" of derivative security reported in Column 1. Options that have different exercise prices or expiration dates are not considered to be of the same "class." As a result of the grant reported herein, the Reporting Person currently has aggregate options to purchase a total of 283,340 shares of the Issuer.

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