About this episode

The episode discusses the recent sale of several Six Flags parks to EPR Properties and the future plans for the new Enchanted Parks.

Some of the biggest industry news in a while dropped late last week, with Six Flags announcing that the chain was selling seven of its parks - Six Flags St. Louis, Worlds of Fun, Valleyfair, Six Flags Great Escape, Michigan's Adventure, La Ronde, and Schlitterbahn Galveston - to EPR Properties, and a majority of the parks would be managed by the new "Enchanted Parks." Enchanted Parks' CEO James Harhi recently gave an interview to the St. Louis Post Dispatch talking about what fans could expec...

Topics covered

• theme parks
• amusement parks
• industry news
• management changes
• Enchanted Parks

Keywords

• Six Flags
• Enchanted Parks
• James Harhi
• amusement parks
• EPR Properties
• industry news
• theme parks

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Six Flags, EPR Properties, St. Louis Post Dispatch

Places: Six Flags St. Louis, Worlds of Fun, Valleyfair, Six Flags Great Escape, Michigan's Adventure, La Ronde, Schlitterbahn Galveston

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