News: Cedar Point picks new general manager

Posted at 4:45 AM EST (0945 GMT)

Feb. 25th, 2005 -- John Hildebrandt, vice president and general manager of Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom since May 2004, will assume the position of Cedar Point's vice president and general manager.

He is replacing Daniel Keller, who announced his retirement as VP and GM of Cedar Point effective next month.

Hildebrandt has worked with Cedar Fair for 31 years. Before working at Dorney Park, he was the vice president of marketing at Cedar Point for more than 10 years.

Greg Scheid will take over Hildebrandt's Dorney Park position. Scheid has worked with Cedar Fair for around 15 years and was the head of merchandise and games at Cedar Point since 2001.

For more information, visit cedarfair.com.

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