Cedar Fair blah-blah-blah. Your Council words were baseless

At tonight's City Council meeting, Cedar Fair's mouthpiece stated that of more than 60,000 expected football game attendees, Cedar Fair believes hardly any will enter Great America before or after the game. That representative wants the public to believe that a family may take their kids to an NFL game, but not to an NFL game and Great America on the same day.

While it's possible that some parents would balk at paying admission to Great America and to a 49ers game on the same day, one must note that most local visitors to Great America buy a season pass. If you're going to go to Great America even twice a calendar year, you're nuts not to buy a season pass. Thus, it's outrageous that Cedar Fair concludes there are no "cross-marketing opportunities." Who's running Cedar Fair? Their assertions are simply silly.

Great America makes money primarily from food sales, arcade costs and gift incidentals -- not from day-to-day admissions. Work a deal with the '9ers you Cedar Fair dorks! If you bring in several thousand ballgame visitors into Great America for even an hour or two, you'll sell a whole lot of high-priced funnel cakes, esp3especially if you've already sold them a season pass. My goodness, what dingbats you folks are!

Sprinkle some powdered sugar on top, Cedar Fair. You say you're worried about losing park visitors who wake up and say "we'd like to Great America today, but it won't be fun if the football team is playing." Think big; think creative; think fun.