Six Flags has announced upcoming closures of multiple parks, and now Six Flags St. Louis could be in danger, according to local Fox2Now news.
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Six Flags and Cedar Fair merged to create Six Flags Entertainment Corporation in 2024, and the company reported a $100 million net loss in its second quarter, along with decreased attendance.
Although Six Flags has reported an overall decline in attendance, unofficial tracking methods show that attendance at Six Flags St. Louis is steady. Eureka, Missouri officials, where the theme park is located, stated that Six Flags is investing in repairs, concession upgrades, and new rides in order to keep the park entertaining.
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Earlier this year, it was announced that Six Flags America and Hurricane Harbor in Bowie, Maryland, would be closing after the 2025 operating season comes to an end.
Six Flags President and CEO Richard A. Zimmerman said, “As part of our comprehensive review of our park portfolio, we have determined that Six Flags America and Hurricane Harbor are not a strategic fit with the company’s long-term growth plan.”
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Shortly after, news came that Six Flags’ California’s Great America park would likely be closing as well. The park is located in Santa Clara, California, and its lease is coming to an end on June 30th, 2028. Six Flags Chief Financial Officer Brian Witherow told investors in May that there were no plans to extend the lease.
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Six Flags California’s Great America would close in October 2027 after the Halloween season. The park — which spans more than 100 acres — opened in 1976 under the Marriott Corporation as Marriott’s Great America.
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In 2024, the park’s parent company, Cedar Fair, merged with Six Flags in a deal worth $8 billion. Two years before that, Cedar Fair sold the 112 acres of land the park sits on for $310 million to Prologis, a real estate and supply chain logistics company. The amusement park company agreed to lease back the land for six to 11 years and announced plans to close the park at the end of the 2028 lease. The company has the option to extend the terms for another five years, but they have yet to do so.
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We’ll be on the lookout for additional updates about Six Flags and more theme parks. In the meantime, stay tuned to the Disney Food Blog for the latest Disney news and more!
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The Six Flags park picture is the one in Gurnee, IL. Not the one in California. That’s my home park.
what you are seeing here is the trifecta kill shot for the amusement industry. 1- with a 1.5 tfr there are less young people to go to amusement parks. 2- the young people we have would much rather be entertained on their devices than be on a roller coaster. 3- 30 years ago we made half as much as we do now. yet the money we had went twice as far as it does now. the amusement park business is not going to come back anytime soon.
Will never go to Cedar Fair or Six Flags again. The maintenance in the parks are atrocious they wait til the ride has a problem then they will do something about it when they are called out on tv.Great Adventure in 1984 k8lled 8 patron in the haunted house attraction fire. They promised that they would not built anything on the site but what did they do made a picnic grove on the site
Should there be a theme park called DC world? And if so can DC world have any theme parks around the United States?