Six Flags California’s Great America will be shuttering its doors after 50 years of operation. First opening in 1975, the Santa Clara theme park has changed ownership several times, with Six Flags (then Cedar Fair) purchasing the park in 2006. The land the park is on was sold by Cedar Fair to real estate company Prologis in 2022, and, as part of the sale, the historic attraction is required to close down by June 30, 2028.
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Six Flags has confirmed that they will be keeping the park open through 2027, and though technically the company has the option to extend its lease and further delay the park’s eventual closure, it is unlikely. “Unless we decide to extend, and exercise one of our options to extend that lease, that park’s last year without that extension would be after the ’27 season,” commented Six Flags Entertainment CFO Brian Witherow during the recent Six Flags Investor Day.
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