---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000701374-24-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000701374"
company_name: "Six Flags Entertainment Corp/OLD"
filed_at: "2024-05-09T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T07:30:29.331856+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Six Flags Q1 revenue down 6%; net loss widens to $83M; season pass sales up double-digits

## Summary
- Revenue $133M (-6% YoY); net loss $83M ($0.98 diluted loss) vs $70M loss ($0.84) prior year.
- Adjusted EBITDA loss $26M, wider than $17M loss last year; includes $5M merger-related costs.
- Guest spending per capita fell 8% to $74.35; attendance up 6% to 1.7M visits.
- Completed $850M senior secured notes offering at 6.625% due 2032; used to repay term loan and revolver.
- Shareholders approved Cedar Fair merger; expected close H1 2024 pending antitrust review.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000701374-24-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000701374
- company_name: Six Flags Entertainment Corp/OLD
- filed_at: 2024-05-09T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/701374/000070137424000020/0000701374-24-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/701374/000070137424000020/six-20240509.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000701374-24-000020
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000701374-24-000020.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000701374-24-000020.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Six Flags Entertainment Corp/OLD reported first quarter ended March 31, 2024 results: revenue $133 million, net income Net Loss of $83 million, EPS $(0.98) per diluted share.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Revenue: $133 million
  - Net income: Net Loss of $83 million
  - EPS: $(0.98) per diluted share
  - Result: reported results
  source text: first quarter Revenue of $133 million, Net Loss of $83 million
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/701374/000070137424000020/0000701374-24-000020-index.htm

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