The sale allows the nation’s largest amusement park chain to better focus on top money-making locations like Knott’s Berry Farm and Six Flags Magic Mountain.

The decision will allow the company to focus on the properties it views as key to long-term success, according to its CEO.

Six Flags to sell seven properties, including Six Flags St. Louis.

EPR plans to run the parks, which also include sites in four other states and Canada, in partnership with Enchanted Parks, which already runs four parks and lodging locations in Old Forge, New York.

Six Flags Entertainment Corp. says it will sell seven of its theme parks in a move the company believes will sharpen its focus on long-term growth. “This step allows us to concentrate on the Six Flags parks with the greatest potential for innovation,