SANDUSKY, Ohio – Six Flags on Monday announced the appointment of a new president and CEO, who is charged with turning around the ailing amusement park company.

John Reilly is a veteran of the industry, most recently serving as chief executive officer of Pittsburgh-based Palace Entertainment U.S., the parent company of Kennywood and a dozen other parks. He is also group chief operating officer at Parques Reunidos, Palace’s Spain-based parent company.

According to a Six Flags press release, Reilly was “instrumental in improving guest satisfaction while driving margin expansion across the company’s properties in the U.S., Australia and Europe.”

Palace Entertainment U.S. was sold earlier this year to Herschend Family Entertainment , the owner of Dollywood in Tennessee and numerous other

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