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'''Six Flags Entertainment Corporation''', formerly '''Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc.''', is an American [[amusement park]] corporation, headquartered in [[Arlington, Texas]]. It has properties in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Six Flags owns the most theme parks and waterparks combined of any amusement-park company and has the [[List of amusement park attendance figures|seventh highest attendance]] in the world.<ref name="SF2017">{{cite web|url=http://investors.sixflags.com/news-and-events/press-releases/2018/02-20-2018-120044735|title=Eighth Consecutive Record Year for Six Flags|date=February 20, 2018|publisher=Six Flags Entertainment Corporation|access-date=June 9, 2018}}</ref> The company operates 27 properties throughout [[North America]], including theme parks, amusement parks, [[water park]]s, and a family entertainment center. In 2019, Six Flags properties hosted 32.8 million guests.<ref name="26 properties">{{cite news|url=https://www.iaapa.org/news/funworld/six-flags-reopens-enhanced-safety-protocols|title=Six Flags Reopens With Enhanced Safety Protocols|author=Scott Fais|agency=IAAPA|date=June 20, 2020|access-date=2020-07-13}}</ref><ref name="2019PR">{{cite press release|title=Six Flags Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2021 Earnings|url=https://investors.sixflags.com/news-and-events/press-releases/2022/02-24-2022-110026329|location=Arlington, Texas|publisher=Six Flags|date=May 21, 2022}}</ref>
Originally, the company was known as '''Six Flags, Corp.''', and later '''Six Flags, Inc.''' Founded in the 1960s, its name is derived from its first property, [[Six Flags Over Texas]]. The company maintains a corporate office in [[Midtown Manhattan]], and headquarters in Arlington, Texas. On June 13, 2009, the corporation filed for [[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection]] because of crippling debt, which it successfully exited after corporate restructuring on May 3, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Six Flags Chapter 11 Petition|url=https://www.pacermonitor.com/view/XOCKPDY/Six_Flags_Great_Adventure_LLC__debke-09-12052__0001.0.pdf|website=PacerMonitor|access-date=31 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="PressRelease0613">{{cite web | url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20090613005015/en/Flags-Enters-Final-Phase-Financial-Restructuring | title=''Six Flags Enters Final Phase of Financial Restructuring'' | publisher=businesswire.com|date=June 13, 2009 | access-date=2011-04-15 }}</ref><ref name="ExitCh11">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sixflags-idUSTRE6422RF20100503|title=Six Flags emerges from bankruptcy|author=Tom Hals|work=Reuters|date=May 3, 2010|access-date=2011-04-15}}</ref> On November 2, 2023, Six Flags announced plans to merge with rival [[Cedar Fair]] to create a new company also called Six Flags.<ref>https://investors.sixflags.com/news-and-events/press-releases/2023/11-02-2023-100020810</ref>
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