Cedar Fair and Six Flags officially merging July 1, headquarters of 42 parks will be in Charlotte

Cedar Fair + Six Flags = Six Flags

Today, Cedar Fair and Six Flags announced the completion of their merge is “expected to occur” on July 1, 2024. As announced last year, the entities currently known as Cedar Fair Entertainment Company and Six Flags Entertainment Corporation will merge to form a combined company going by the name of the latter, Six Flags Entertainment Corporation.

Following the merger, the company will operate 27 amusement parks, 15 water parks, and nine resort properties across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

Though Six Flags will be the combined company’s name, most of its executive team will be comprised of current Cedar Fair leaders. Additionally, the merged company’s headquarters will be located on Cedar Fair’s current HQ turf of Charlotte, N.C. (home of Carowinds, a Cedar Fair park) and “will maintain significant finance and administrative operations in Sandusky, Ohio” (near Cedar Point, as Cedar Fair presently does). Six Flags is currently based in Arlington, Texas (home to Six Flags Over Texas).

Full Lists of Cedar Fair and Six Flags Parks

We mapped out a full list of the parks currently under the Cedar Fair and Six Flags families, all 42 of which will be operated by the newly combined Six Flags effective July 1, 2024:

List of Cedar Fair parks and locations:

• California’s Great America (Santa Clara, Calif.)
• Canada’s Wonderland (Ontario, Canada)
• Carowinds & Carolina Harbor (Charlotte, N.C.)
• Cedar Point & Cedar Point Shores (Sandusky, Ohio)
• Dorney Park (Allentown, Penn.)
• Kings Dominion & Soak City (Doswell, Va.)
• Kings Island & Soak City (Mason, Ohio)
• Knott’s Berry Farm & Knott’s Soak City (Buena Park, Calif.)
• Michigan’s Adventure & WildWater Adventure (Muskegon, Mich.)
• Schlitterbahn Galveston (Galveston, Texas)
• Schlitterbahn New Braunfels (New Braunfels, Texas)
• Valleyfair (Shakopee, Minn.)
• Worlds of Fun & Oceans of Fun (Kansas City, Mo.)

List of Six Flags parks and locations:

• La Ronde (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
• Six Flags America (near Baltimore, Md.)
• Six Flags Darien Lake (near Buffalo, N.Y.)
• Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (near San Francisco, Calif.)
• Six Flags Fiesta Texas & Six Flags Hurricane Harbor San Antonio (San Antonio, Texas)
• Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown (near Houston, Texas)
• Six Flags Great Adventure & Six Flags Hurricane Harbor New Jersey (Jackson Township, N.J.)
• Six Flags Great America & Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Chicago (Gurnee, Ill.)
• Six Flags Great Escape (Queensbury, N.Y.)
• Six Flags Magic Mountain & Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Los Angeles (near Los Angeles, Calif.)
• Six Flags México & Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Oaxtepec (Mexico City, Mexico)
• Six Flags New England (near Springfield, Mass.)
• Six Flags Over Georgia (near Atlanta, Ga.)
• Six Flags Over Texas & Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Arlington (near Dallas, Texas)
• Six Flags St. Louis (near St. Louis, Mo.)
• Six Flags White Water (near Atlanta, Ga.)

New Six Flags Leadership

The leadership team of the newly combined company — again, now known as Six Flags — will be as follows:

Name	Previous Role	New Role
Richard Zimmerman	President and CEO of Cedar Fair	President and CEO of combined company
Selim Bassoul	President and CEO of Six Flags	Executive Chairman of combined company’s Board of Directors
Tim Fisher	Chief Operating Officer of Cedar Fair	Chief Operating Officer of combined company
Brian Witherow	Chief Financial Officer of Cedar Fair	Chief Financial Officer of combined company
Brian Nurse	Chief Legal & Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary of Cedar Fair	Chief Legal & Compliance Officer and Corporate Secretary of combined company
Christian Dieckmann	Chief Strategy Officer of Cedar Fair	Chief Strategy Officer of combined company
Gary Mick	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Six Flags	Chief Integration Officer of combined company

“We are fortunate to have a proven team of leaders who bring decades of park-operating experience and significant expertise in integrating businesses and achieving synergy targets for the combined company,” said Zimmerman. “Their insights and complementary skill sets will be instrumental as we combine two of North America’s iconic amusement park companies and forge a new future together.”

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