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The Ohio Kings Island Open was a golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 1973 to 1977. It was played at Jack Nicklaus Golf Center in Mason, Ohio. The tournament was dropped when the LPGA Championship moved there in 1978.

Winners[edit]

Tournament highlights[edit]

• 1973: Jack Nicklaus shoots a third round 62 on his way to a six-shot victory over Lee Trevino in the inaugural version of the tournament. After the tournament was over, Nicklaus announced he would be giving all of his first place check, $25,000, to charity.^[1]
• 1974: Miller Barber notches a victory for the eighth consecutive year. His 72-hole total of 277 is good enough for a three shot win over George Johnson.^[2]
• 1976: Ben Crenshaw sinks a 14-foot birdie putt on the 72nd hole to beat Andy North by one shot.^[3]
• 1977: Mike Hill wins the last edition of the tournament by one shot over Tom Kite.^[4]

References[edit]

1. ^Strode, George (October 9, 1973). 'Nicklaus Wins Kings Island, Gives 25,000 to 2 Charities'. The Press-Courier. Oxnard, California. AP. p. 13.
2. ^'Miller Barber Wins Kings Island Open'. Nashua Telegraph. New Hampshire. AP. September 23, 1974. p. 19.
3. ^'Crenshaw wins Kings Island Open'. The Daily Sentinel. Pomeroy-Middleport, Ohio. UPI. September 20, 1976. p. 3.
4. ^'Kings Island Open Captured By Hill'. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Florida. AP. September 26, 1977. p. 3C.

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Contents.History opened in 1870 as a recreational area. The park was developed over the years rarely changing management.

The park belonged to the Cedar Point Pleasure Company. In 1974, Cedar Point Pleasure Company proposed building an amusement park in on the former Frontier City amusement park site. Those plans were abandoned in 1975. Three years later, Cedar Point acquired. The name Cedar Fair then was derived from the names of both parks, 'Cedar' coming from Cedar Point and 'Fair' coming from Valleyfair.

Cedar Fair was founded in 1983 then went public on April 29, 1987. Dick Kinzel era The first acquisition of the new Cedar Fair company came in 1992 when Cedar Fair bought from Harris Weinstein. Cedar Fair also bought from Hunt-Midwest in 1995. One of the biggest acquisitions came in 1997 when Cedar Fair bought from the Knott family. This marked the first time Cedar Fair operated a year-round amusement park. The acquisition included operations of the Camp Snoopy indoor park at the in.

In 2005, Cedar Fair withdrew from the lease arrangement leaving Mall of America to manage the park on its own. Mall of America formed a partnership with the Nickelodeon franchise in 2007 and continues to operate under the name. Several new water park properties named opened around the southern California area since the acquisition which included Buena Park in 1999, Chula Vista in 2000 and Palm Springs in 2001. In Muskegon, Michigan was purchased for $27.6 million in 2001.Cedar Fair opened its first indoor water park in November 2004,. It was added to the former Radisson Hotel which was then renamed.

The indoor waterpark resort is open year-round.Larger acquisitions followed in 2004 with. Cedar Fair bought the park for $145 million from Six Flags Inc. And reverted its name back to Geauga Lake, the name the park used until its Six Flags branding in 2000.

However, the park started losing attendance and various rides, leading to rumors of the park closing. On September 21, 2007, it was announced that Geauga Lake would close and only the connected water park would operate as.

Most of the rides at Geauga Lake were sent to other Cedar Fair parks to operate. In 2011, the water park's name was shortened to just, removing the Geauga Lake prefix.

WildWater Kingdom closed on September 5, 2016.On May 22, 2006, Cedar Fair announced it had outbid competitors and intended to purchase all five parks in the chain, including at the Las Vegas Hilton and the management agreement of. On June 30, 2006, Cedar Fair announced that it had completed its acquisition of Paramount Parks from in a cash transaction valued at US$1.24 billion. Shortly following the transfer of ownership, Cedar Fair began the process of integrating the two companies.

With the purchase of the Paramount Parks, Cedar Fair LP announced that it would do business under the name Cedar Fair Entertainment Company. Cedar Fair LP remains the legal company name.

The 301-foot at which opened in 2011. Other models of the ride exist at, andThe individual parks continued to operate under their Paramount names during the 2006 season, however Cedar Fair began removing the Paramount name and logo from the parks in January 2007. The names of the parks were changed back to their original pre-Paramount names (the Paramount's prefix was removed) with the Cedar Fair corporate logo added.

Bonfante Gardens was changed to Gilroy Gardens. Cedar Fair began removing references to Although the acquisition granted Cedar Fair a ten-year licensing deal for Paramount names and icons, such as Star Trek, Cedar Fair opted to terminate the agreement and not pay an annual licensing fee.

All references to Paramount/CBS-licensed properties were removed before the beginning of the 2008 season.In December 2009 it was announced that would offer Cedar Fair $11.50 per share, a 28 percent premium over the market price, as part of a takeover plan which would also make Cedar Fair a private company. The deal included a cash payment of $635 million in addition to assuming Cedar Fair's debt of over US$1.7 billion putting the total value of the transaction close to US$2.4 billion. Cedar Fair planned to hold a shareholder meeting on March 16, 2010 to vote on the transaction but postponed the meeting to April 8, 2010, implying that two-thirds of the shareholder vote needed for approval wasn't yet secured.

On April 6, 2010, the deal was terminated, and Cedar Fair paid $6.5 million to reimburse Apollo for expenses incurred from the proposed transaction. Cedar Fair also adopted a unitholder rights plan as a preventative measure to help protect unitholders in the event of any future.On September 16, 2011, JMA Ventures, LLC entered into an agreement to purchase from Cedar Fair and take ownership of the Gilroy Gardens management contract. The agreement required approval of city council which was scheduled to vote on the matter on December 6, 2011. However, JMA cancelled its plans to purchase Great America and bowed out of the agreement.

Matt Ouimet & Richard Zimmerman era On June 20, 2011 Cedar Fair announced that long term CEO would retire on January 3, 2012 and that would take his spot as the CEO of Cedar Fair. Ouimet had been employed by for 17 years, including serving as president of and president of the. He officially became CEO on January 3.

Cedar Fair launched new websites for their parks in 2012 as well as a new marketing campaign, Thrills Connect.On November 20, 2012, Cedar Fair announced it had sold its Knott's Soak City: San Diego location to. About nine months later, Cedar Fair announced it had sold its Knott's Soak City: Palm Springs location to.On September 5, 2016, Cedar Fair closed Wildwater Kingdom, the last operating part of the former Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom. All land that once contained both properties is now available for redevelopment.On October 4, 2017, Cedar Fair announced that Ouimet would step down as CEO and be succeeded by COO Richard Zimmerman on January 1, 2018.

Ouimet would remain with the company, taking the newly created position of executive chairman of the board of directors.On March 27, 2019 Cedar Fair announced the purchase of the land beneath California's Great America from the City of Santa Clara. The 112 acres beneath the park cost $150 million. Cedar Fair had been previously leasing the land for 6 to 7 million per year.In April 2019, Cedar Fair announced a partnership with to bring a Thunder Alley Area to select Cedar Fair parks.On June 13, 2019, it was announced that Cedar Fair had signed a $261 million deal with to buy their and locations, with the option to buy for an additional $6 million, and the rights to the Schlitterbahn name.On July 2, 2019 it was announced that Cedar Fair had acquired the Sawmill Creek Resort in Huron, OH. The property cost $13.5 million.

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Properties Amusement parks NameLocationYear OpenedYear AcquiredNotes19762006Acquired in., Canada19812006Cedar Fair's most visited seasonal park, acquired in Paramount Parks deal.19732006Acquired in Paramount Parks deal. A portion of the park is in.1870Founding FranchiseCedar Fair's flagship park and the oldest park in the chain. Cedar Fair's corporate headquarters are at this park.18841992First park acquired under the Cedar Fair name, acquired from Harris Weinstein. Purchase price $6Currently in a management contract with Cedar Fair, acquired in Paramount Parks deal.19752006Acquired in Paramount Parks deal.19722006Acquired in Paramount Parks deal.19201997Cedar Fair's only park open year-round.

Most visited Cedar Fair park, acquired from Knott Family. Purchase price $31Acquired from the Jourden family. Purchase price $8Acquired by Cedar Point.

Valleyfair and Cedar Point then formed Cedar Fair in 195Acquired from Hunt-Midwest. Purchase price $40MWater parks Outdoor Included with admission NameLocationYear OpenedYear AcquiredNotes20042006Located within California's Great America, acquired in.19892006Located within Carowinds, acquired in Paramount Parks deal.19821995Located adjacent to Worlds of Fun.

In 2013, the water park became included with admission to Worlds of Fun.19922006Located within Kings Dominion, acquired in Paramount Parks deal.19892006Located within Kings Island, acquired in Paramount Parks deal.1983Built by Cedar FairLocated within Valleyfair.19922006Located within Canada's Wonderland, acquired in Paramount Parks deal.19912001Located within Michigan's Adventure.19851992Located within Dorney Park.Separate admission/property NameLocationYear OpenedYear AcquiredNotes1999Built by Cedar FairLocated adjacent to Knott's Berry Farm. Opened under the name, Soak City U.S.A.1988 as Soak CityBuilt by Cedar FairLocated adjacent to Cedar Point.792019Indoor NameLocationYear OpenedNotes2004Cedar Fair's only indoor water park, located about a mile from Cedar Point.Former NameLocationYear AcquiredYear Sold/ClosedNotes20042007Purchased from in 2004 for $145 million. Closed ride side in 2007, the water park, Wildwater Kingdom, closed on September 5, 205In 2005, closed for renovation.

MOA and Cedar Fair dissolved their agreement in 2006. Now operates as Nickelodeon Universe.20012013Opened under the name, Oasis Water Park. Sold to.20002012Opened under the name, White Water Canyon. Sold to, who would later turn it into a.,20062008Acquired in Paramount Parks deal.

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