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6B Chillicothe Gazette Friday. January 12, 2001 Business news Six Flags acquires SeaWorld of Ohio 38 parks in North America, Latin America and Europe. Six Flags has aquatic animals in zoological attractions at Six Flags Marine World in California and Six Flags Great AdventureWild Safari in New Jersey. SeaWorld of Ohio was SeaWorld's only park in a northern climate. The sale "doesn't have anything to do with the climate," Jacobs said.

"There were if. The Villain, a wooden roller coaster and one of four new roller coasters under construction at Six Flags Ohio, is seen through one of the former Geauga Lake Park's old standbys, The Double Loop. Six Flags, Inc. announced on Wednesday, it has reached an agreement with Busch Entertainment Corp. to purchase the SeaWorld of Ohio amusement park in northeast Ohio for $110 million.

AP them will be offered jobs with Six Flags," Jacobs said. SeaWorld of Ohio opened in 1970. Six Flags, then known as Premier Parks, purchased Geauga Lake in 1995. Capital investment at the park during the past three years has included six new roller coasters, a water park and a children's playground featuring Warner Looney Tunes char-acters. Burke said merging the two parks "provides an unbelievable opportunity for synergies and increased growth in attendance and revenue categories for Six Flags." The publicly held Six Flags, based in New York Victor G.

Abbey, SeaWorld chairman, and Gary Story, president of Six Flags, told about 250 SeaWorld of Ohio employees about the acquisition Wednesday at the park. "I think they left the meeting with a pretty good feeling. That is not to say any major change doesn't have an unsettling effect," said Fred Jacobs, a spokesman for St. Louis-based Busch Entertainment Jacobs said the company has no plan to open another SeaWorld in Ohio. The remaining SeaWorld parks are in San Diego, Orlando, Fla.

and San Antonio, Texas. "Six Flags will need staff, and the people here now have the expertise to continue to operate the park as they have over the past 30 years. We feel like most of some issues that limited the growth and ultimately the success under our ownership." Jacobs said that when the property was first acquired from Geauga Lake, SeaWorld agreed to a competitive restriction against roller coasters and water 5 rides. He said other SeaWorld parks have expanded with such rides while "this park has struggled somewhat." Some SeaWorld of Ohio animals will remain, but SeaWorld will transfer three killer whales, dolphins and two species of penguins to other parks. "Some of the folks who work there with animals and have an attachment were pretty saddened by this," Jacobs said.

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The 232-acre marine-themed park in Aurora, about 25 miles southeast of Cleveland, will be combined with the adjacent 520-acre Six Flags Ohio theme park (formerly Geauga Lake), Six Flags campgrounds and hotel properties to create a large Midwest entertainment destination. "Acquisition of SeaWorld in Ohio is a great fit for us," said Kieran E. Burke, chairman and chief executive officer of Six Flags. Briefs Huntington to report earnings live via Webcast COLUMBUS (PRNewswire) Huntington Bancshares Incorporated has revised its reporting date for fourth quarter and full year 2000 earnings. Huntington will report its earnings on January 18 prior to the market open.

A news release and supporting financial data will be available at that time on the Internet at www.huntington-ir.com or via fax-on-demand at (800)753-0352 extension 756. Huntington senior management also will hold an earnings conference call at 2 p.m. the same day, which will be available via a live Internet Webcast at www.streetfusion.com. The conference call will be archived on that site for two Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is a $29 billion regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus.Huntington also offers products and services online at wwwkuntington.com AOL, Time Warner to merge business WASHINGTON (AP) The $106 billion merger of America Online and Time Warner cleared its final government hurdle Thursday, paving the way for the creation of the nation's largest media empire. The Federal Communications Commission's approval lets the two companies forge ahead to complete a deal announced a year ago and originally valued at $165 billion.

The new business, to be called AOL Time Warner, combines the largest U.S. Internet provider with 26 million subscribers and a media titan that owns such popular entertainment titles as CNN, HBO, Sports Illustrated and Warner Bros. Pall Mall unveils new filtered brand Pall Mall unveils new filtered brand LOUISVILLE, Ky. Brown Williamson Tobacco Corp. is introducing a cheaper version of its venerable Pall Mall cigarette brand in an effort to shore up sales to cost-conscious smokers.

The Louisville-based manufacturer has seen its market share slip as smokers have switched to discounted and generic brands in the face of rising prices. It hopes a new line of filtered Pall Mall cigarettes will help reverse the trend. List price for a carton of the new Pall Mall line what the company charges its distributors will be $15.89, at least $8.50 less than unfiltered Pall Malls and other premium brands. Retail prices will vary from state to state according to the amount of excise taxes on cigarettes. ITT 'fT fK J.

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