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**Six Flags to Shutter California and Maryland Parks, Citing Low Margins**

**Santa Clara, CA –** Six Flags is planning to close its Great America theme park in Santa Clara, California, at the end of the 2027 season, a year before its lease expires, the company announced in an investor meeting. The decision comes amidst a review of the company’s park portfolio, with officials stating that Great America, along with Six Flags America in Bowie, Maryland, are “very low on the ranking of margins.”

Six Flags Chief Financial Officer Brian Witherow indicated that the company has the option to extend the lease but, unless exercised, the park’s last season will be in 2027. Great America, which opened 50 years ago, has been under several owners and was eventually sold to real estate firm Prologis in 2022 for $310 million. Prologis has yet to announce plans for the site’s future, but is working with the city and community to develop a master plan.

Adding to the wave of closures, Six Flags America in Maryland will close at the end of its 2025 season, and the site will be sold for redevelopment.

“As part of our comprehensive review of our park portfolio, we have determined that Six Flags America and Hurricane Harbor are not a strategic fit with the company’s long-term growth plan,” CEO Richard A. Zimmerman said in a statement.

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