Six Flags (FUN) fell 10% to $7.06 in afternoon trading and is down more than half since the start of the year, while United Parks & Resorts (PRKS) dropped 5% to $30.13 even though it does not operate the Goliath coaster. Live Nation (LYV) held steady at $175.10, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) rose 0.6% to $773.92, and the Invesco Leisure and Entertainment ETF (PEJ) slipped 0.3% to $66.21. Earlier this month a rider died and several people were injured on the Goliath coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia, and Six Flags temporarily closed several similar rides at other parks with no reopening timeline. The article notes that United Parks shares the same attendance-driven model, so the investigation's outcome and any ride reopenings are the next tests for both stocks.
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