Six Flags/Cedar Fair: Elimination of Close Competition in 3 Metropolitan Areas Likely Focus of DOJ Review

Published on Mar 05, 2024

Six Flags Entertainment (SIX) and Cedar Fair’s (FUN) proposed “merger of equals” would eliminate close competition between the theme park operators in three metropolitan areas—Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and the San Francisco Bay Area—an outcome that’s the likely focus of DOJ’s antitrust review of the $8 billion deal, according to a Capitol Forum analysis.

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