SeaWorld Makes $3.4 Billion Takeover Bid for Cedar Fair

Riders fly by on the Millennium Force rollercoaster at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio in 2003. 

Photographer: J.D. Pooley/AP Photo
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SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. has offered to buy amusement park owner Cedar Fair for around $3.4 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said.

SeaWorld made a bid of about $60 per unit in cash for Sandusky, Ohio-based Cedar Fair, according to the people, who asked not to be identified because the information is private. The companies are working with advisers on the proposal, the people said.