If Kings Island started out being owned by the public in stock, where would they be now? Would they be better than what they are now or worse. I can't really answer to my fullest extent but I always think of the Green Bay Packers and how they are publicly owned and how great their prospering off of it.

That's a 'Fair question. I'm sure folks will have a lot of FUN with this topic.

Cedar Fair is publicly owned as you define it. (Complicated by the fact it is an LP and the unit holders have little say in management).

Paramount Parks was part of CBS, before that VIACOM. A publicly traded corporation somewhat run with an iron hand by Sumner Redstone.

Great American Financial (Carl Lindner) was publicly traded, I think.

KECO was private, a leveraged buy-out.

Taft Broadcasting, I think, was publicly traded.

I think that some companies would of gone down under, knowing that is a Paramount place to be, so FUN!

If Kings Island started out being owned by the public in stock, where would they be now? Would they be better than what they are now or worse. I can't really answer to my fullest extent but I always think of the Green Bay Packers and how they are publicly owned and how great their prospering off of it.

They already are...

Cedar Fair is publicly owned (symbol: FUN) and available for purchase. They reported record earnings and the stock is at a five year high.

Cedar Fair is publicly owned (symbol: FUN) and available for purchase. They reported record earnings and the stock is at a five year high.

I think what the topic poster was meaning was what if it was the park itself that was publicly owned.

I think I am more apt to know what the park would be like privately owned all by itself. No worries about making payments to shareholders, no other parks that are going to take the capital project funds. Just one park and a single owner to worry about!

So, what would Cedar Fair HQ be without Q?

Appeasing shareholders can be a pain, but it can also keep a company from wandering too far off track! It was already an oligarchy under Kinzel. Without a few "pesky" shareholders' rapid accumulation of stock for the purpose of redirecting the company, who knows what might've happened?

You can find Cedar Fair's stock info here:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=FUN&ql=1

Units, but yeah...

You can find Cedar Fair's stock info here:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=FUN&ql=1

What caused it to begin a sudden drop at 12:52 pm today after holding steady all morning? http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=FUN+Interactive#symbol=fun;range=1d;compare=;indicator=volume;charttype=area;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined;

Someone really needs to explain stocks to me sometime. My years of a teen are flying by fast and I still have no clue what stocks are besides the fact that they're not doing so well nowadays.

That's an exaggeration but really, I don't know much.

Start with the internet,buying stocks 101 or something?Its not as intimidating as it sounds,especially if you have a good source if you dont know your stuff.