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Six Flags

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation is an American multinational amusement park company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, with administrative offices in Sandusky, Ohio, and Arlington, Texas. It was formed on July 1, 2024, through the merger of Cedar Fair and the former Six Flags company. The company has 34 properties in North America, including 20 amusement parks and 14 water parks with nine on-site resorts. The company also manages two parks in Saudi Arabia. Six Flags is the largest regional amusement park operator in North America and the fifth-largest amusement park operator in the world by attendance, hosting 47.4 million guests in 2025. The company holds exclusive theme park rights to use Warner Bros. intellectual properties such as Looney Tunes and DC Comics, while Peanuts characters are featured at select parks. Six Flags trades under the stock ticker "FUN" on the New York Stock Exchange.

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Six Flags Entertainment Corporation is an American multinational amusement park company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, with administrative offices in Sandusky, Ohio, and Arlington, Texas. It was formed on July 1, 2024, through the merger of Cedar Fair and the former Six Flags company. The company has 34 properties in North America, including 20 amusement parks and 14 water parks with nine on-site resorts. The company also manages two parks in Saudi Arabia. Six Flags is the largest regional amusement park operator in North America and the fifth-largest amusement park operator in the world by attendance, hosting 47.4 million guests in 2025. The company holds exclusive theme park rights to use Warner Bros. intellectual properties such as Looney Tunes and DC Comics, while Peanuts characters are featured at select parks. Six Flags trades under the stock ticker "FUN" on the New York Stock Exchange.

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  1. date of formation: 2024-07-01 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the date of formation is "2024-07-01". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

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