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Worlds of Fun, is a 235-acre (95 ha) theme park located in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. Owned and operated by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation , it was founded by American businessmen Lamar Hunt and Jack Steadman under the ownership of Hunt's company, MId-America Enterprises in 1973.
Before Super Bowl LVIII, California's Great America, located in Santa Clara and sharing a parking lot with Levi’s Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers, made a bet with Cedar Fair sister park Worlds of Fun, based in Kansas City, Missouri, the home city of the Kansas City Chiefs, that one of the rides in the losing team's theme park had to ...
Paramount Parks acquired the park in 1992, followed by Cedar Fair in 2006. Santa Clara eventually sold the land occupied by the park to then-owner Cedar Fair in 2019, who then sold it to Prologis in 2022. While its current owner, Six Flags, plans to eventually close the park by 2033, the land rental agreement is a six-year lease through 2028 ...
Cedar Fair purchased Carowinds in 2006 from Paramount for $1.2 billion. Cedar Fair has about 4,400 full-time employees and 48,800 seasonal and part-time employees, according to the company’s ...
From 2006 to 2017, Timber Wolf had been in the process of being re-tracked by GCI from the lift hill up to the track leading up to the 540-degree upwards-spiraling helix. GCI also re-tracked Timber Wolf from the banked turn to the brake run. Worlds of Fun also revealed their new, modernized Timber Wolf logo, which is a modern take on the 1989 logo.
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She died from her injuries, the park’s owner, Cedar Fair Entertainment, announced on July 12. Police have classified the incident as a “death investigation,” said Sgt. Jake Becchina, a ...
Acquired in the Cedar Fair merger. It was initially acquired by Cedar Point's management in 1978, which led to the formation of Cedar Fair in 1983. [29] Worlds of Fun: Kansas City, Missouri: 1973 1995 Acquired in the Cedar Fair merger. It was initially acquired by the company in 1995. [30]