Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, legally known as Cedar Fair, L.P.,(NYSE: FUN) is a publicly traded partnership headquartered at its Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. The company owns and operates eleven amusement parks and seven water parks across North America including an indoor water park in Sandusky, Ohio. Cedar Fair also manages Gilroy Gardens under contract with the city of Gilroy, California.
Cedar Point opened in 1870 as a r...
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Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, legally known as Cedar Fair, L.P.,(NYSE: FUN) is a publicly traded partnership headquartered at its Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. The company owns and operates eleven amusement parks and seven water parks across North America including an indoor water park in Sandusky, Ohio. Cedar Fair also manages Gilroy Gardens under contract with the city of Gilroy, California.
Cedar Point opened in 1870 as a recreational area. The park was developed over the years going through only a few managements. In 1978, Cedar Point acquired Valleyfair. The name Cedar Fair then was derived from the names of both parks, "Cedar" coming from Cedar Point and "Fair" coming from Valleyfair.
The first acquisition of the new Cedar Fair company came in 1992 when Cedar Fair bought Dorney Park from Harris Weinstein. Cedar Fair bought Worlds of Fun from Hunt-Midwest in 1995. One of the biggest acquisitions came in 1997 when Cedar Fair bought Knott's Berry Farm from the...
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