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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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