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Kings Dominion

Intimidator 305 roller coaster at Kings Dominion. Photo courtesy Kings Dominion
Nov 2, 2023

Kings Dominion parent Cedar Fair and Six Flags announce $2B merger

Cedar Fair Entertainment, the parent company of Kings Dominion, is merging with Six Flags Entertainment in an all-stock deal valued at $2 billion, the companies announced Thursday. Cedar Fair unitholders will own 51.2% and Six Flags shareholders will own approximately 48.8%. Together, the two companies will have a combined 27 amusement parks, 25 water parks […]

Aug 30, 2023

Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: BRIDGETTE C. BYWATER

Coming out of pandemic-driven restrictions, “Kings Dominion will be the cure for cabin fever in 2023,” Bywater said in October 2022, announcing the 48-year-old amusement park‘s intention to welcome guests year-round, adding weekends in January, February and March to its regular April to December season. Kings Dominion aimed to hire 2,500 employees this year; in […]

Intimidator 305 roller coaster at Kings Dominion. Photo courtesy Kings Dominion
Oct 18, 2022

Kings Dominion to remain open year-round

Kings Dominion will expand to year-round operations beginning in January, the Doswell theme park announced Tuesday. The park will now be open an additional nine weekends, or 18 more days, in January, February and early March. Historically, Kings Dominion opens for weekends in the spring and starts daily operations around Memorial Day, continuing through Labor […]

Intimidator 305 roller coaster at Kings Dominion. Photo courtesy Kings Dominion
Feb 3, 2022

SeaWorld makes $3.4B offer for Kings Dominion parent company

A reported $3.4 billion acquisition bid from Orlando-based SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. could result in Virginia’s two major theme parks being under the same ownership. SeaWorld, parent company of Busch Gardens Williamsburg, has made an unsolicited offer to acquire Ohio-based Cedar Fair Entertainment Co., which owns the Kings Dominion theme park in Hanover County’s Doswell area. [&helli[...]

Aug 29, 2021

Arts | Entertainment | Sports

TONY BENNETT DEAN AND MARKEL FAMILIES MEN’S HEAD BASKETBALL COACH, VIRGINIA CAVALIERS MEN’S BASKETBALL, CHARLOTTESVILLE The University of Virginia men’s basketball team fell victim to a positive COVID-19 test in March, forcing it to withdraw from the ACC Tournament — a “gut punch,” Bennett called it. The team was cleared in time to play in […]

Kings Dominion patrons socially distance on roller coaster. Photo courtesy Kings Dominion.
May 18, 2021

Kings Dominion reopening, with no masks required for vaccinated guests

Kings Dominion opens for its 46th summer season Saturday, a year after the COVID-19 pandemic shut the annual tradition down. Although the Hanover County amusement park will require masks worn by anyone who is not vaccinated (if they are age five or older), more than 60 rides, live entertainment and the redesigned water park will […]

Kings Dominion patrons socially distance on roller coaster. Photo courtesy Kings Dominion.
Apr 8, 2021

Kings Dominion sets minimum wage at $13 for seasonal workers

Kings Dominion, the Doswell amusement park, has set its minimum wage for seasonal employees at $13 per hour, it announced Thursday. Previously, the base wage was $9.25. The park, owned by Cedar Fair Entertainment Co., expects to hire 2,100 seasonal workers before reopening May 22, and it also is hiring 80 new full-time positions with […]

Kings Dominion patrons socially distance on roller coaster. Photo courtesy Kings Dominion.
Nov 10, 2020

Kings Dominion to make holiday season comeback

Making a brief comeback before the end of 2020, Kings Dominion will reopen in December for a limited-time, limited-capacity holiday event after being closed for an entire summer season for the first time in its 45-year history, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Owned and operated by Cedar Fair Entertainment Co., the amusement park in Hanover […]

Kings Dominion General Manager Tony Johnson plans to retire in January 2021.
Oct 20, 2020

Kings Dominion general manager to retire

Growing up on a tobacco farm outside of Raleigh, North Carolina, Tony Johnson learned the meaning of hard work early on. At a time when his local school system had a later start to the academic year to allow for the picking season, Johnson would get up at 4 a.m. to work the fields. “It […]

Intimidator 305 roller coaster at Kings Dominion. Photo courtesy Kings Dominion
Aug 4, 2020

For first time ever, Kings Dominion will close for entire year

Kings Dominion won’t open this year due to challenges surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the theme park in Doswell announced Tuesday. The park, which first opened in in 1975 has never before closed for an entire season, Kings Dominion communications manager Maggie Sellers confirmed Tuesday. “We are disappointed that we are unable to welcome our guests […]

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