Cedar Fair Entertainment Company

Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, legally known as Cedar Fair, L.P.,(NYSE: FUN) is a publicly traded partnership headquartered at its Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. The company owns and operates eleven amusement parks and seven water parks across North America. Cedar Fair also manages Gilroy Gardens under contract with the city of Gilroy, California. Cedar Fair was formed in 1978 from an operating partnership between Cedar Point and Valleyfair. The name Cedar Fair is derived from the names of both parks. The company has expanded the number of parks to seventeen which includes amusement parks as well as indoor and outdoor water parks. The biggest acquisitions came recently starting with Geauga Lake for $145 million in 2004...