Knott’s Berry Farm owner and Six Flags exploring potential merger, reports say

Visitors at Knott’s Berry Farm ride HangTime under cloudy skies in Buena Park, CA, on Thursday, December 1, 2022. The parent companies of Knott’s Berry Farm and Six Flags Magic Mountain are exploring a potential merger that would combine two of the largest regional theme park chains in North America, according to published reports.Cedar Fair — the owner of Knott’s in Buena Park, California’s Great America in Santa Clara and other theme parks across the U.S.

Cedar Fair owns 15 theme parks and water parks in the U.S. and Canada — including Cedar Point and Kings Island in Ohio, Kings Dominion in Virginia and Carowinds in North Carolina. “A combination would bolster Six Flags’ portfolio of parks, especially in the Midwest,” according to the Wall Street Journal. “Cedar Fair would join a nationally recognized brand, though it isn’t clear if the chain would rebrand any of its parks under the Six Flags name.”

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