Apollo to buy amusement park operator Cedar Fair

Courtesy Newsvine - business  Thu, 12/17/2009 - 00:42

Cedar Fair LP has agreed to be acquired by asset manager Apollo Global Management for about $635 million in cash.

The acquisition capped a year in which the struggling economy led to the drop-off of more than a million visitors to the company's amusement and water parks and it saw a rival succumb to bankruptcy protection.


 

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