INTERESTING Premier and Six Flags Info!

> Premier's entire financial year end 10-K405
> finalcial submittal is now available for
> viewing online. Among the many things
> available in that document is how much land
> is owned/rented by Premier at each of their
> parks. This should aid in any expansion
> questions. The total acerages of land at all
> Six Flags parks: 1. SFGAdv and Wild
> Safari(2200 acres)!! 2. SFDL(988 acres) 3.
> SFA(515 acres) 4. SFStL(497 acres) 5.
> SFGAm(440 acres) 6. Great Escape(368 acres)
> 7. SFoG(280 acres) 8. SFO(263 acres) 9.
> SFMM(248 acres) 10. SFNE(230 acres) 11.
> SFFT(206 acres) 12. SFoT(200 acres) 13.
> SFMW(136 acres) 14. SFEG(67 acres) 15.
> SFKK(58 acres) I had no idea SFDL and SFA
> had that much land! Also in the report is
> the following good news: Premier sees,
> "significant opportunities to aquire
> additional theme parks" and
> "intends to continue ongoing expansion
> of rides, attractions, and overall park
> maintanance of our parks to maintain their
> appeal." From theme park operations
> (not including stock, long term debt
> concerns, etc) Premier made $926 million in
> revenue and had $774 million in total
> operationg costs. This means Premier had a
> net income from theme park operations of
> $152 million. Granted, there are lots of
> other expenses listed in the report, but
> basically Premier has a lot of money to
> spend on its parks. There is a lot of legal
> mumbo jumbo, but I am still reading the
> document and find it immensely interesting.
> Follow the link below to view the document.
> Use the headings on the left hand of the
> page to navigate the file. Enjoy! --K