ST. LOUIS — Cedar Fair — parent to Charlotte amusement park Carowinds — and Six Flags Entertainment Corp. completed their planned merger Monday. The combined company is operating under Six Flags Entertainment Corp.
The deal puts Missouri theme parks Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka and Cedar Fair-owned Worlds of Fun in Kansas City under the same ownership. Six Flags' properties in Illinois – Six Flags Great America in Chicago and Hurricane Harbor Chicago in Gurnee and Hurricane Harbor Rockford – also are included in the deal.
“Our merger establishes a new Six Flags Entertainment Corporation with a highly diversified footprint and robust operating model, enhancing park offerings and performance through the complementary portfolio of attractive assets and intellectual property from each of Cedar Fair and the former Six Flags,” Richard Zimmerman, now president and CEO of Six Flags Entertainment Corp. and former president and CEO of Cedar Fair, said in a news release.
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