Six Flags to Divest Seven Parks

[Goku1910]

Take this how you will. The Midwest is losing a bunch of parks right as this new "Regional" Pass system was introduced.

The parks included in the transaction are
- Valleyfair (Minneapolis, Minn.)
- Worlds of Fun (Kansas City, Mo.)
- Michigan’s Adventure (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
- Schlitterbahn Waterpark Galveston (Galveston, Texas)
- Six Flags St. Louis (St. Louis, Mo.)
- Six Flags Great Escape (Queensbury, N.Y.)
- Six Flags La Ronde (Montreal, QC)

https://investors.sixflags.com/news/press-releases/press-release-details/2026/Six-Flags-Further-Streamlines-Its-Portfolio-With-Agreements-to-Divest-Seven-Parks/default.aspx

[HCF]

I have incredibly mixed feelings on this

On one hand, basically all of these parks have been long neglected by their respective chain and when the merger happened, I assume most people had a reasonable suspicion that the new mega chain would start closing down these parks like what they did with Six Flags America, (Which wasn't included in this deal because it was the only park that would have competed with the Six Flags chain in Kings Dominion) so the fact that they are instead being sold and staying alive is a good thing. I always had this hope that Six Flags would sell their smaller parks so they can form their own chain, that always seemed like an overly optimistic fantasy but it's really awesome to see that it came to fruition. The chain also has said that they want SFStL to be their crown jewel and will start improvements right away, which is great news but we will have to see if they are ones to keep promises, hearing someone call SFStL a "crown jewel" is comical considering WOF is in the same chain and has a bigger metro area to pull from and arguably a stronger overall park but I digress.

On the other hand it really does such we are dumping a lot of parks, especially 2 that have such importance to the history of the chain like SFStL and Valleyfair. On top of that the parks are being sold to a brand new company we know nothing about which is always a huge risk, the HQ location on their website shows it being in a Publix behind the Magic Kingdom! I also find it funny how La Ronde was sold BACK to premier parks after all these years, usually that would spell eterenal depression for any park unlucky enough to be sold to them but considering how "well" premier treated La Ronde, hopefully it will feel like home again (also because it's probably the best park in that chain which should say alot)

[CoasterRiderSC]

I'm surprised that Six Flags isn't selling off Frontier City. Definitely a 3rd tier park.

[Goku1910]

Yeah, that was one that seemed obvious yet here we are. Supposedly St Louis wasn't originally planned to be sold but Enchanted Parks argued for it and now they're marketing it as their Crown Jewel.

Now that's baffling. World's of Fun is near a growing market, it's got more available land, and it's a much better up-kept park.

[Carlo]

St Louis is in a larger market and has potential to grow. It just needs some TLC. WOF has a smaller market and also i believe CF has tried to grow the park in the past.

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[Goku1910]

Kansas City Metropolitan has been seeing population growth year over year since 2020, although slowly. Meanwhile St Louis' Population is not only shrinking, but demographically the people staying are much older.

Kansas City having a growing population of younger people is a Theme Parks wet dream of opportunity.