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Ex-Six Flags execs offer help for $1 apiece (from Corporate Dealmaker)

As part of the reorganization of bankrupt New York-based theme park giant Six Flags Inc., professional compensation, priority tax claims and other priority claims will be paid in full and in cash. Left out, though, are pensions for some of the folks that were with the company before it underwent...

Posted on August 19, 2009 11:09 AM

Amusement park sector not all fun and games (from Corporate Dealmaker)

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) is making a $1.1 billion tender offer for Universal Studios Japan Co. The U.S. bank, through subsidiary Crane Holdings, already owns 41% of the Osaka theme park and is teaming with two other funds to acquire the remaining shares. (Deal Pipeline subscribers can read more here.) The...

Posted on March 19, 2009 12:47 PM

Busch Gardens: Sale or IPO? (from Corporate Dealmaker)

InBev SA is likely to put a "for sale" sign on Anheuser-Busch Cos.'s famed Busch Entertainment Corp., which runs 10 theme parks across the U.S. We mentioned it would probably be a private equity firm, since other major theme park operators aren't in the market for expansion. Blackstone Group LP's Merlin Entertainment Group was on our radar, but an astute commenter told CD...

Posted on July 17, 2008 8:28 AM

It's summer, and InBev's buying Bud. Time to think about theme park deals! (from Corporate Dealmaker)

To finance its $52 billion cash deal for Anheuser-Busch Cos., InBev SA is likely to put a "for sale" sign on A-B's famed Busch Entertainment Corp., which runs 10 theme parks across the U.S. The $45 billion loan package InBev put together contains a one-year bridge loan of $7 billion,...

Posted on July 15, 2008 5:15 PM