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Cedar Fair sold to Apollo

As we hinted at earlier, the Cedar Fair sale is now official. From Cedar Fair’s website: CEDAR FAIR UNITHOLDERS TO RECEIVE $11.50 PER UNIT SANDUSKY, OHIO, December 16, 2009 — Cedar Fair, L.P. (NYSE: FUN), a leader in regional amusement...

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Alton Tower to open TH13TEEN

From MSN News: Alton Towers Resort is to launch “the scariest ride in the UK” next year. Thirteen, built on the site of the old Corkscrew rollercoaster, aims to combine physical and psychological fear and will be dubbed a “psychoaster”....

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Nickelodeon Pulls Out of New Orleans

From The Times-Picayune: Nickelodeon ends licensing agreement with Southern Star Not quite three months after announcing the alliance, cable television giant Nickelodeon said Monday that it has ended its relationship with Southern Star Amusement, the fledgling Louisiana company it had...

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