[b][color=#0000ff]Redskins Owner Wants Six Flags[/color][/b] - 8/18 - Last week, the NY Post reported rumblings. And now the [url="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/17/AR2005081702065.html"]DC Post[/url] confirms that Redskins owner Daniel Snyder has launched a bid to take control of struggling theme park company Six Flags, and wants himself, local home builder Dwight Schar, and outgoing ESPN executive Mark Shapiro installed intop positions. Schar is a part owner of the Redskins and chairman of McLean-based NVR, a residential developer. Shapiro, a top suit at ESPN, announced that he is leaving the ABC-Disney sports network in October to become chief executive of Snyder's newly created Red Zone.....
Stock up 14% on the news

what this means to me
Dan Snyder likes to make and spend money
- higher ticket and parking prices but
- He will spend more in the parks
so lets see what happens

I think this ight be a good thing for SF but it could go either way. If he does purchase the company if he's smart he'll sell off all the parks but 6.

If he keeps them all he will fail just as SF has done.

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^ Yea I totally agree...I really think if he does take control, he should take the time to evaluate each park and see which ones are making money and which ones are slacking. He should definitely consider selling off as many as the slacking parks as possible so none of the parks get neglected like Six Flags is known for doing. Heck, I might not even be anti-Six Flags anymore if this guy can turn things around for the company. If he cleans up a few of the parks, such as SFMM, I might even consider trying to make a trip to one of the Six Flags parks around me. Who knows.

It's going to take alot to turn SF around. Hire qulity employees and clean up all the parks.

I don't expect things to get better for atleast 5 years after he takes control.

If he's smart he should sell the parks highlighted in red and keep the ones in blue

[COLOR=Blue]Six Flags Magic Mountain[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Blue]Six Flags America[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Blue]Six Flags Great Adventure[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Blue]Six Flags Great America[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Blue]Six Flags Over Texas[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Blue]Six Flags St. Louis[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Blue]Six Flags Over Georgia[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Blue]Six Flags New England[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Red]Six Flags AstroWorld[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]Six Flags Darien Lake[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]Six Flags Elitch Gardens[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]Six Flags Fiesta Texas[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]Six Flags Marine World[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]Six Flags Mexico[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]Six Flags New Orleans[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]Six Flags Over Mid-America[/COLOR]


Basically sell half the comapny, Keep 8 parks sell 9 parks.

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I'm so sick of this guy. He whines and whines about it repeatedly. Why doesn't he just worry about his Redskins. Six Flags is turning things around [u]without[/u] his help right now. He has a small percentage of their stock, that means nothing. He's does not hold a majority of the stock so he has little say in what's going on. He keeps saying he can do better, but by how??? He hasn't really said anything that he will do.

To put it in perspective how stupid his idea is, it would be like a new member joining up at TN and demanding to run it all of a sudden. Who is he that he demands that he take over SF? If he's not happy with the direction of the company, he can sell his stock. Simple as that.

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I want to go to John's Park.

he just bought 2 million more shares last month at around $5 a pop not much for him
but the stock today 8-18 is up 18%

It wouldn't be like a new member joining TN and demanding to run it all of the sudden.

Six Flags is a publicly-owned company... TN is privately owned. If Snyder wants to shake things up, he and his partners would have to purchase enough stock to have controlling interest in Six Flags. Then, he can force the management changes. Basically it's called being a corporate raider, and such examples of corporate raiders are Kirk Kerkorkian and Carl Icahn (who got his hands on XO Communications, where I work, for instance, and is pushing for profitability).

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If that idiot raises tickets and parking prices people will stop coming. They are too high the way it is!

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[QUOTE=Steven]It wouldn't be like a new member joining TN and demanding to run it all of the sudden.
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I didn't mean it completely literally but rather that he's in no position to do so just as a new member on here wouldn't be in position to take over TN.

He has some stock but like I was saying, he and any partners he has doesn't have a majority of their stock so he doesn't have ultimate say. I don't see why he cares so much. Yes he has their stock but it's no different than any other business. If he's not happy, just sell his shares and buy elsewhere.

I don't see why he's so interested in wanting to take control over a company I'm sure he has little knowledge in when compared to those running the company already. He should stick to what he knows rather than trying to take over a huge company like Six Flags. I honestly think he wants to take over now because SF is on the ride. I'm sure he'd like to take credit for it since many times it seems that they're just as interested in fame and glory and their own name as they are in money itself.

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I want to go to John's Park.

[QUOTE=Carowinds 73-03]It's going to take alot to turn SF around. Hire qulity employees and clean up all the parks.

I don't expect things to get better for atleast 5 years after he takes control.

If he's smart he should sell the parks highlighted in red and keep the ones in blue

[COLOR=Blue]Six Flags Magic Mountain[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Blue]Six Flags America[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Blue]Six Flags Great Adventure[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Blue]Six Flags Great America[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Blue]Six Flags Over Texas[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Blue]Six Flags St. Louis[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Blue]Six Flags Over Georgia[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Blue]Six Flags New England[/COLOR]

[COLOR=Red]Six Flags AstroWorld[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]Six Flags Darien Lake[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]Six Flags Elitch Gardens[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]Six Flags Fiesta Texas[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]Six Flags Marine World[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]Six Flags Mexico[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]Six Flags New Orleans[/COLOR]
[COLOR=Red]Six Flags Over Mid-America[/COLOR]


Basically sell half the comapny, Keep 8 parks sell 9 parks.[/QUOTE]

I completly disagree with the parks you picked...At least a few of them. First of all, Six Flags Marine shouldn't be sold unless a company like Busch is willing to buy the animals as well. It just wouldn't be a smart move because if you've been checking up on your news, you would know that Six Flags Marine World has been having a great year. For the first time in 3 years they've actually raised in attendance. I think he would probably end up selling Six Flags America or St Louis instead.

Btw, Six Flags Over Mid-America is Six Flags St. Louis. ;)

And like Steven said, if Snyder or whatever is name is purchases more than 50% or more of the company he owns the company. If he purchases 50% he is half owner, see where I'm going with this? If someone wants to buy a company they have the right if they have the money...I mean, did people complain that it was unfair that Premier Parks purchased Six Flags? Premier Parks is the reason Six Flags is in the situation they are in today. If this guy ends up buying the company, I will be very happy...I'm sure he'll do a lot of good things to the franchise.

Well, if Snyder buys enough Six Flags stock, he can get Kingda Ka to play on his defensive line. :rolleyes:

[Size=4][color=orange]Kingda Ka Eats all Quarterbacks[/color][/size]

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I want to go to John's Park.

If some of the smaller parks are sold, who do you think would buy them? Would it be separate smaller companies that are interested in running only one park, or would big companies like Paramount, Cdear Fair, or Busch gobble up a few of the parks?

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"His plans for the company include making new partnerships, a new marketing campaign, and selling some Six Flags properties."

Theres Six Flags saving grace right there. If Snyder can sell of some of the parks and clean up parks like SFMM, I think he could turn the chain around. I just the think the current owners need to go, regardless.

Who said it isn't fine to call Six Flags St. Louis by it's old school Six Flags Over Mid-America name? Both names are a lil shaky but that's that. Anyway older people usually talk old school like it's a memory or legacy.

I almost played the stock to make a quick buck but then I'd be handing a tiny dust speck of the company to that pirate. Too bad I don't follow his business outside of the Washington Redskins. I need to learn more bout him. If he runs his circus like the Redskins, I'll be watching from the outside for now.

I expected SF Astroworld to be possibly for sale if properties are shaved off. I'm happy as long as some obvious parks including the original Six Flags Over Texas is kept. Season Passes prices for Six Flags are really good compared to the competitors. I bet we would lose in that department later in pricing.

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As a Redskins fan I would be glad to see him buy SF. He would be too busy with SF to meddle in the Redskins organization, making some of the stupidest decisions ever. (honestly, who else would have taken Jeff George over Brad Johnson as QB)

As a CP fan, I'm scared. With all his money who knows what he could do to SF.

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