Cedar Fair
Defunct American amusement park owner and operator
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| July 1 2024 | Cedar Fair and Six Flags officially merged, forming a new company under the Six Flags name, with former Cedar Fair leadership maintaining control and headquarters established in Charlotte, North Carolina. |
| November 2 2023 | Cedar Fair announces a merger with Six Flags, forming a new company that will operate under the Six Flags name, with Cedar Fair's management remaining in control. |
| June 2022 | Cedar Fair sells the land of California's Great America to Prologis for $310 million, signing an 11-year lease with plans to close the park at the lease's conclusion. |
| February 15 2022 | United Parks & Resorts withdraws its buyout offer after Cedar Fair rejects the proposal. |
| February 1 2022 | United Parks & Resorts makes an unsolicited all-cash bid to buy Cedar Fair for $3.4 billion. |
| December 31 2021 | Cedar Fair's contract to manage Gilroy Gardens expires, with both parties agreeing not to renew the contract. |
| July 29 2021 | Cedar Fair announces plans to build a $28 million esports arena expansion at the Cedar Fair Sports Center, with a targeted opening in the first half of 2023. |
| 2019 | All Cedar Fair parks began offering all-season Fast Lane passes. |
| October 2019 | Six Flags offers to buy Cedar Fair for $4 billion, which is rejected by Cedar Fair. |
| July 2 2019 | Cedar Fair acquires Sawmill Creek Resort in Huron, Ohio for $13.5 million. |
| June 13 2019 | Cedar Fair signs a $261 million deal to acquire Schlitterbahn Waterparks and Resorts' Galveston and New Braunfels locations, with an option to buy Schlitterbahn Kansas City. |
| April 2019 | Cedar Fair announces a partnership with Feld Entertainment to introduce Monster Jam Thunder Alley Areas in select parks. |
| March 27 2019 | Cedar Fair purchases 112 acres of land beneath California's Great America from the City of Santa Clara for $150 million, ending their previous land lease arrangement. |
| October 4 2017 | Cedar Fair announces Richard Zimmerman will succeed Matt Ouimet as CEO, with Ouimet becoming executive chairman of the board of directors, effective January 1, 2018. |
| 2016 | Cedar Fair began testing all-season Fast Lane passes at Valleyfair and Dorney Park. |
| September 5 2016 | Cedar Fair closed Wildwater Kingdom, the last operating part of the former Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom, with a portion of the land subsequently being redeveloped. |
| 2013 | Sold Knott's Soak City: Palm Springs to CNL Lifestyle Properties. |
| 2013 | Oceans of Fun water park became included with admission to Worlds of Fun. |
| 2013 | An SEC report revealed Cedar Fair's portfolio consisted of eleven amusement parks, four outdoor water parks, one indoor water park, and five hotels. |
| 2012 | Fast Lane was rolled out to all Cedar Fair parks for the entire operating season. |
| November 20 2012 | Cedar Fair sold its Knott's Soak City: San Diego location to SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment. |
| January 3 2012 | Matt Ouimet officially became CEO of Cedar Fair, replacing Dick Kinzel. In the same year, the company launched new websites for their parks and introduced a new marketing campaign called 'Thrills Connect'. |
| September 16 2011 | JMA Ventures, LLC entered into an agreement to purchase California's Great America from Cedar Fair, which was later canceled. |
| July 18 2011 | Cedar Fair first announced the Fast Lane expedited queue system at Kings Island, using the park as a testing ground for the new queue management system. |
| June 20 2011 | Cedar Fair announced the retirement of long-term CEO Dick Kinzel and the appointment of Matt Ouimet as his successor, with Ouimet having previously worked for 17 years at The Walt Disney Company. |
| April 6 2010 | The proposed takeover deal with Apollo Global Management was terminated, with Cedar Fair paying $6.5 million to reimburse Apollo's expenses. |
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