Six Flags
American amusement park company, formed by the merger of Cedar Fair and Six Flags
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation is an American multinational amusement park company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, with administrative offices in Sandusky, Ohio, and Arlington, Texas. It was formed on July 1, 2024, through the merger of Cedar Fair and the former Six Flags company. The company has 34 properties in North America, including 20 amusement parks and 14 water parks with nine on-site resorts. The company also manages two parks in Saudi Arabia.
Six Flags is the largest regional amusement park operator in North America and the fifth-largest amusement park operator in the world by attendance, hosting 47.4 million guests in 2025. The company holds exclusive theme park rights to use Warner Bros. intellectual properties such as Looney Tunes and DC Comics, while Peanuts characters are featured at select parks. Six Flags trades under the stock ticker "FUN" on the New York Stock Exchange.
Background
Cedar Fair
Cedar Fair, L.P was founded in 1983 after Cedar Point, an amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, acquired Valleyfair in Shakopee, Minnesota, in 1978. The company's name was derived from both parks—"Cedar" from Cedar Point and "Fair" from Valleyfair.
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