News Cedar Fair Merges with Six Flags
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Cool, I could not remember. So two water parks, and a rebrand of a ride at KI which feels like they have been working on that for a while considering they already have some of the props already shown. That is kind of sad since they promised big during the hostile takeover.
Kinda puzzled by your comment. For one thing what hostile take over CF was the party that proposed and pushed the merger. It’s also worth noting that CF was long put of strategy of yearly investments in every park so merger or not it's unlikely parks like KD werr going to see much. Also aren't we still expecting Carowinds to likely get a record breaking water ride for 2026?
It's possible that all of the other 2026 additions with the exeption of Tormenta at SFOT, and the Family Boomerang at SFMX, have all been delayed to the following year for 2027, which could be mixed and intigrated with the other legacy SF and CF parks planning their own 2027 additons.
https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/...r-for-activist-campaign-at-six-flags-cb1d9369
Hmmm…how have I heard this before
Hmmm…how have I heard this before
oh boy, looks like my dreams of nfl getting involved with six flags again just becoming true
Well that wasn’t on my bingo card.
My initial reaction was “Oh no, another guy who doesn’t know the first thing about theme parks getting involved in the company’s finances.”
But on second thought, maybe it could be a good thing? Kelce has fuck-you money and his post implies that he invested, at least in part, because he has fond memories of growing up at the Six Flags parks. Maybe he wants to live out a childhood fantasy of being the (partial) owner of a theme park.
Maybe the antidote to Six Flags’ rich guy investors who only care about money, is an even richer guy investor who cares about the parks?
My initial reaction was “Oh no, another guy who doesn’t know the first thing about theme parks getting involved in the company’s finances.”
But on second thought, maybe it could be a good thing? Kelce has fuck-you money and his post implies that he invested, at least in part, because he has fond memories of growing up at the Six Flags parks. Maybe he wants to live out a childhood fantasy of being the (partial) owner of a theme park.
Maybe the antidote to Six Flags’ rich guy investors who only care about money, is an even richer guy investor who cares about the parks?
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im worried about travis kelce investing since six flags great adventure is in New Jersey and New Jersey is next to Philadelphia which is home to the eagles and the fans of the eagles are not gonna love it, then again, travis kelce favorite park was cedar point which is in Ohio which is home to the Cleveland browns so
The activist investment firm appears to have some previous success shaking things up with public corporations, so hopefully this ends up being good news for SFEC long-term.
Currently, the corporation has no marketing strategy, so that would already be an improvement.
SFEC being acquired by a larger corporation would be interesting. With Comcast expanding the Universal brand to Texas, Vegas, & Chicago, it makes me wonder if any other large media company would be interested in acquiring some parks and invest in a fashion similar to Paramount.
Regardless, this is some needed good news for Six Flags. Hoping this goes somewhere positive!
Currently, the corporation has no marketing strategy, so that would already be an improvement.
SFEC being acquired by a larger corporation would be interesting. With Comcast expanding the Universal brand to Texas, Vegas, & Chicago, it makes me wonder if any other large media company would be interested in acquiring some parks and invest in a fashion similar to Paramount.
Regardless, this is some needed good news for Six Flags. Hoping this goes somewhere positive!
Honestly, when I saw this on Reddit I automatically assumed it was the jerk sub. I’m not the biggest fan of Travis, but any even potentially good news for SF is more than welcome these days.
I think we’re gonna get a new wooden coaster or two from this.
I absolutely despise Travis Kelce and think his specific involvement in this does jack shit for the company, but I am intrigued by the investment firm’s goals. Laying a solid foundation that can be a springboard to sustainable long term growth is exactly what this company needs and what legacy cedar fair already had. Hopefully it works
I can’t wait to be stuck waiting in line at Top Thrill 2 while FunTV is playing and then BAM!
Outside investors that have nothing to do with the theme park industry are not good news. Their goal is just to squeeze more money out of the company. That’s what leads to all these cutbacks that ruined the guest experience.
I think this statement is way too generalized and missing key context. All the publicly traded theme park companies (including Disney and Universal) are largely owned by financial institutions, not investment groups with some specialized knowledge of theme parks.
It all comes down to whether the company ownership selects a competent executive team that willing to invest in long-term successes instead of chasing only short-term gains, but that all comes down to hiring the right people. You don’t need special theme park knowledge to hire an executive who does have that knowledge. Many successful financial groups are successful in part because that’s precisely what they’re good at: hiring the right people.
If you had said outside executives (C-suite folk) coming in with no knowledge of the theme park industry, I would agree with you. But expecting the financial stakeholders to have any special theme park pedigree is totally divorced from reality.