How much does a theme park cost?

Question

Does anyone know a rough estimate as to how much a Six Flags style theme park would cost to open?

Answer 1

Well, since Six Flags is 2BILLION in debt, you may be able to pick up one of the parks for cheap (Go for Magic Mountain in Valencia)

Answer 2

These are my estimates for some amusement park roller coasters. This doesn't include all of the roller coasters though. These are actually some Six Flags 1999, and later additions. I heard that Animal Kingdom costed $800 million when it first opened. They just added a $100 million ride though known as Expedition Everest. I would guess that most Six Flags parks would cost totally about 300 million or so with the rides all new.
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Six Flags Great America

Raging Bull 20 million
Deja Vu 12 million
V2 8.5
Hurricane Harbor 25 million
Mardi Gras 8 million
Superman 15 million
Tornado 3 million

100 million
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Six Flags Great Adventure

blackbeard 4 million
Kingda Ka 40 million
Medusa 15 million
Roadrunner 500,000
Superman 15 million
El Toro 6 million
Flats 40 million

120.5 million
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Six Flags Magic Mountain

Canyon 500,000
Scream 15 million
X 14 million
Deja Vu 12 million
Tatsu 21 million
Goliath 13 million

75.5 million
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La Ronde

Goliath 20 million
Vampire 20 million
Spinning Mouse 4 million

44 million
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Six Flags Over Georgia

Goliath 20 million
Deja Vu 12 million
Superman Ultimate Flight 15 million
Skull Island 2 million
Canyon Blaster 2 million
Georgia Scorcher 11 million

62 million

Answer 3

I'm going to pick up where Mandylover's left off. Nice work Mandy.

But let's not forget the difference between owning a amusement park and operating an amusement park.

You may be able to afford the rides, but can you afford to service them, pay your ground crews, Food & Beverage, Merchandise, Games, Security, etc...

What we often forget is that these parks are like mini cities. They make a lot of money, but they must have a lot of operating capital in order to make it all work. This is why most parks start out smaller with a few rides. Then add rides every 2-4 years to spur attendance and provide their patrons with new thrills.

The Six Flags family of parks has been around so long, they've had plenty of time to add more rides. Thus a Six Flag Park is going to cost you more.

I believe Six Flags Valencia, which is one of the several parks for sale, would be valued somewhere around 750 million to 1.2 billion +.

Ofcourse you could start with a smaller park and work your way up. Also, from a business stand point, the indoor waterpark is where the future is at.

Check out this article for the new $750 million dollar waterpark on tap for Kansas City: http://www.kansascitykansan.com/articles/2006/12/17/news/news1.txt

Answer 4

I here the park in Saugus, CA is up for sale. You might try their web site and look up the corporate offices info.

If you buy it can I have a season pass?

Answer 5

an logical answer would be in the hundreds of millions i would say lower hundreds of millions not to mention slightly more depending on the amount and size of your roller coasters then maintenance a whole lot of money

Answer 6

To open? as in run it yourself? i don't know that, but I know the tickets for sixflags are about $40 or $20 on base.(military base i mean) For places like disney they are alot more.(oh and for sixflags, you have to pay $10 to park (of course i don't have to pay! I'm the kid!lol.)

Answer 7

In the hundreds of millions of dollars (maybe in excess of a billion).

Answer 8

it depends what theme park you are going to

Answer 9

Several million dollars.

Answer 10

alot