Are all the six flags theme parks really closing?

Answer 1

No, they are not. There are 6 parks up for sale that would be sold to another company. They are Six Flags Magic Mountain, Six Flags Darien Lake, Six Flags Elitch Gardens, Wild and Waves Enchanted Village, Waterworld in California, and another waterpark somewhere. Six Flags New Orleans they are trying to get out of the lease because of Katrina, and there aren't enough people that go to that park even before Katrina. So, it's closed.

They have also got rid of there Frontier Parks, and Wyandoyt lake. Of course, Astroworld is gone, and before they sold Six Flags Ohio, and some parks across the globe.

The parks that aren't for sale (a lot are). Thus, they are NOT closing anytime soon are:
Six Flags Great Adventure
Six Flags Over Texas
Six Flags Fiesta Texas
Six Flags Great America
Six Flags Marine World
Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom
Six Flags St. Louis
La Ronde in Canada
The Great Escape in New York
Six Flags Mexico
Six Flags America
Six Flags New England
American Adventures (Kids Park in Georgia)
Six Flags Over Georgia

There are also many water parks that are open like in Georgia, and a Safari park near Six Flags Great Adventure.

Answer 2

I found an article on a particular park.

Good-bye Magic Mountain? Six Flags puts six parks up for sale or closure
2006-06-22
By Robert Niles: Six Flags announced plans Thursday to sell or close six of its properties, including the chain's once-flagship park, Magic Mountain, in Valencia, Calif.

In a press release issued after the U.S. stock market closed Thursday, Six Flags announced that it would sell the properties, to either a single buyer or multiple buyers, or that it might sell or redeploy the properties' attractions, to clear the land for real estate sale.

The six parks on the block are Magic Mountain, Elitch Gardens in downtown Denver, Colorado, Darien Lake near Buffalo, New York, Wild Waves and Enchanted Village outside Seattle, Washington and the waterparks Six Flags Waterworld in Concord and Six Flags Splashdown in Houston.

Long-time TPI readers are familiar with our coverage of Six Flags' financial struggles, and we predicted some of the parks would be going back in January. With Paramount Parks already selling out to Cedar Fair, one wonders what company will be able and willing to mount a bid to purchase the Six Flags parks. Real estate sales, alas, seem the most likely result for most of the parks. Magic Mountain, obviously, is the most viable park among the six, but Cedar Fair already has a Southern California park, in Buena Park's Knott's Berry Farm. The land underneath Magic Mountain would be worth many millions, even in SoCal's stalled real estate market, if no theme park company is willing to add this roller coaster haven to its portfolio.

Six Flags shares plunged, losing nearly a fifth of their value in after-hours trading, following the announcement.

Update: A comment I've made in a couple TV interviews since the story broke: It'd be ironic if Magic Mountain were sold off for real estate development, given that real estate development is the reason the park was built in the first place.

Magic Mountain was not always a Six Flags park. Its builder and original owner was the Newhall Land Company, the developer that built many of the communities around the park. Newhall Land thought it needed a big attraction to lure families over the pass from the San Fernando Valley into the Santa Clarita. So it contracted SeaWorld's designers and built Magic Mountain.

How ironic, now, that the park might fall victim to the success of the real estate market it was built to inspire.

Update (9/27/2006): It looks like Magic Mountain will not close in 2007, at least.

Answer 3

Well they closed Six Flags Astroworld right here in Houston. It used to be fairly unhappy Astroworld has been round for years. It used to be proper via the Houston Astrodome and we heard that 6 Flags used to be provided a big amount of cash for the estate so they did not to near it. It's unhappy due to the fact a situation as enormous as Houston does not have an leisure park now.

Answer 4

Other than Six Flags, Magic Mountain in California the rest maybe.
It was mentioned in the news yesterday that magic mountain is not for sale anymore, despite offers from building contractors.
I have heard, that as Magic Mountain is the most largest and profitable, despite the valuable land it sits on, they would most likely try to keep it going....thus getting rid of other theme parks that are taking away any profit.
So don't worry, you can still purchase that season ticket next year!!

Answer 5

I'm not sure but the Houston one closed after last Haloween ('05). Too bad. I can remember good times at six flags back in the day.

Answer 6

No they are not. They were going to but only six of them were but now lately in the newspaper this week they said that they were not closing and they will be open for a very long time to go.

Answer 7

I never heard that, the local one isn't closing as far as I kno. I mean I was just there for Halloween. I really hope not or else I'm gonna be super bored next summer.

Answer 8

uh.. no. i still go to Six Flags once in a while and it didn't close. it depends on the location.

Answer 9

they freaking close the damn theme park and take there money and build new coaster and break the record of the tallest and the fastest roller coaster

Answer 10

no but many popular ones are like los angelas might close if some one buys and tears it down