Six Flags and partner to develop park in Qatar

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Theme park operator Six Flags Inc. said Thursday it is expanding further into the Middle East after reaching a deal with Qatar-based diversified company Oryx Holdings to open a Six Flags theme park in the tiny Gulf nation by midyear 2012. Six Flags agreed to provide Oryx Holdings with concept development and planning services to create a 500,000 square-foot Six Flags park within Qatar Entertainment City, a mixed-use entertainment development.

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