Six Flags officials raised the possibility of closing California’s Great America after the 2027 season as the countdown clock to extinction continues ticking for the Bay Area amusement park.
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Six Flags Chief Financial Officer Brian Witherow said during a recent investor meeting that California’s Great America in Santa Clara would close after the 2027 season if the company doesn’t extend the park’s lease.
“Unless we decide to extend, and exercise one of our options to extend that lease, that park’s last year without that extension would be after the ‘27 season,” Witherow said during Six Flags Investor Day 2025.
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Under that scenario, Great America would close in late October 2027 after the Halloween season.
Great America’s former parent company Cedar Fair merged with Six Flags in 2024 in an $8 billion deal that combined the two companies into a North American amusement park juggernaut.
The 112 acres of land underneath California’s Great America was sold in 2022 for approximately $310 million to Prologis, a warehouse and supply chain logistics company.
Guests ride the Rail Blazer roller coaster at California’s Great America amusement park in 2021, in Santa Clara, Calif. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)
Cedar Fair, then the parent company of Great America, agreed to lease back the amusement park land from Prologis for 6 to 11 years and announced plans to close the park at the end of the lease term.
The six-year lease agreement was initially set to end on June 30, 2028 with an option to extend the terms an additional five years to 2033.
The lease agreement gave Prologis the right to terminate the lease early with two years notice.
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A Prologis spokesperson told the Los Angeles Times that the company is searching for a partner to help develop a master plan for the property.
Prologis has not asked Six Flags to end the lease early for the property under California’s Great America, according to the spokesperson.