Six Flags Chases Global Growth With Saudi Arabia Theme Park Deal
Skift Take
This development might be the worst-kept secret in theme park history. We're not sure what took Six Flags so long to seal the deal, but we do know the arrangement fits squarely into the operator's strategic goals — as long as everything goes according to plan.
Nearly two years after news spread — prematurely, it turned out — that a Six Flags theme park was coming to in Saudi Arabia, the Texas-based operator announced a deal late Wednesday to make it official.
Six Flags Entertainment will team up with Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund to develop the park in Riyadh.
Financial details about the deal were not disclosed. Six Flags will license the brand and develop and design the park, which wil
