#attendance-decline

#attendance-decline

The July 1, 2024," merger of equals" between Cedar Fair and Six Flags created North America's largest regional amusement park operator, combining 27 amusement parks, 15 water parks, and nine resorts. The transaction promised significant cost synergies and enhanced scale, but instead exposed serious integration difficulties, operational missteps, and external pressures. Although the deal was intended to boost revenue and share access, the combined company faces significant debt that has led to cost-cutting, staffing cuts, and park closures to stabilize finances.

"Let's go! Let's go!"

It wasn't impossible to believe him. He was helping his friend, A's owner John Fisher, out of a bind, and he was doing it by offering him a rent-free ballpark in Northern California, which allowed Fisher to stay somewhat local and keep most of his $67 million in annual local television revenue. But beyond convenience, Fisher's soft landing in a minor league ballpark after the team's 57-season stay in Oakland made a measure of twisted sense;