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Cedar Fair L P acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Cedar Fair L P bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

Business	Deal	When	Value
Knott's Berry Farm Word for word“Knott's Berry Farm, located near Los Angeles in Buena Park, California, first opened in 1920 and was acquired by the Partnership in 1997.” 10-K for 2021	acquisition	1997	—
Canada's Wonderland Word for word“Canada's Wonderland, a combination amusement and water park located near Toronto in Vaughan, Ontario, first opened in 1981 and was acquired by the Partnership in 2006.” 10-K for 2021	acquisition	2006	—
Kings Island Word for word“Kings Island, a combination amusement and water park located near Cincinnati, Ohio, first opened in 1972 and was acquired by the Partnership in 2006.” 10-K for 2021	acquisition	2006	—
Carowinds Word for word“Carowinds, a combination amusement and water park located in Charlotte, North Carolina, first opened in 1973 and was acquired by the Partnership in 2006.” 10-K for 2021	acquisition	2006	—
Kings Dominion Word for word“Kings Dominion, a combination amusement and water park located near Richmond, Virginia, first opened in 1975 and was acquired by the Partnership in 2006.” 10-K for 2021	acquisition	2006	—
California's Great America Word for word“California's Great America, a combination amusement and water park located in Santa Clara, California, first opened in 1976 and was acquired by the Partnership in 2006.” 10-K for 2021	acquisition	2006	—
Dorney Park Word for word“Dorney Park, a combination amusement and water park located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, was first developed as a summer resort area in 1884 and was acquired by the Partnership in 1992.” 10-K for 2021	acquisition	1992	—
Worlds of Fun Word for word“Worlds of Fun, which opened in 1973 and was acquired by the Partnership in 1995, is a combination amusement and water park located in Kansas City, Missouri.” 10-K for 2021	acquisition	1995	—
Valleyfair Word for word“Valleyfair, which opened in 1976 and was acquired by the Partnership's predecessor in 1978, is a combination amusement and water park located near Minneapolis-St. Paul in Shakopee, Minnesota.” 10-K for 2021	acquisition	1978	—
Michigan's Adventure Word for word“Michigan's Adventure, which opened in 1956 as Deer Park and was acquired by the Partnership in 2001, is a combination amusement and water park located in Muskegon, Michigan.” 10-K for 2021	acquisition	2001	—
Schlitterbahn Waterpark & Resort New Braunfels Word for word“Schlitterbahn Waterpark & Resort New Braunfels began as a resort in 1966, was introduced as a water park in 1979 and was acquired by the Partnership in 2019.” 10-K for 2021	acquisition	2019	—
Schlitterbahn Waterpark Galveston Word for word“Schlitterbahn Waterpark Galveston opened in 2006 and was acquired by the Partnership in 2019.” 10-K for 2021	acquisition	2019	—
Schlitterbahn Waterpark & Resort New Braunfels and Schlitterbahn Waterpark Galveston (Schlitterbahn parks) Word for word“On July 1, 2019, we completed the acquisition of two water parks and one resort in Texas, the Schlitterbahn Waterpark & Resort New Braunfels and the Schlitterbahn Waterpark Galveston ("Schlitterbahn parks"), for a cash purchase price of $ 257.7 million.” 10-K for 2021	acquisition	July 1, 2019	$ 257.7 million
Sawmill Creek Resort Word for word“Second, in 2019, net cash for investing activities included the acquisitions of the Schlitterbahn parks and Sawmill Creek Resort and the purchase of the land at California's Great America from the City of Santa Clara.” 10-K for 2021	acquisition	2019	—
land at California's Great America Word for word“(2) We sold the land at California's Great America on June 27, 2022.” 10-K for 2022	divestiture	June 27, 2022	—
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation Word for word“On November 2, 2023, we announced that we entered into a definitive merger agreement to combine with Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (“Six Flags”) (NYSE: SIX).” 10-K for 2023	agreed acquisition	On November 2, 2023	—

As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year ended	Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)	Goodwill from acquisitions
2017-12-31	$0	—
2018-12-31	$0	—
2019-12-31	$270.2 million	$178 million
2020-12-31	$0	—
2021-12-31	$0	—

Deal filings since 2016

2024-07-01 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2024-05-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-11-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-11-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2023-02-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2022-06-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2022-06-27 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
2020-10-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-09-30 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-04-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-06-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2019-06-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-03-14 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-04-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Read from Cedar Fair L P’s annual reports (10-K for 2023, 10-K for 2022, 10-K for 2021) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2024-02-16. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.