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SIX FLAGS AMERICA
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THE PARK IS NOW CLOSED PERMANENTLY

Park News - (8/12/2026) A fun bit of news comes this week. You may recall the aerial video of Six Flags America that was posted last week, where I noticed several backstage locations throughout the park seemed to be covered in blue paint. It turns out there is a very good explanation for this.
    Apparently Six Flags was in a very big hurting to get the former Ragin Cajun roller coaster from Six Flags America to Six Flags Great Adventure where it would be rebuilt as Barrels O’ Fun. As part of the process of taking the old coaster down, they spread the pieces out across the park and painted them the new blue color right on the spot before loading them onto trucks for transportation to New Jersey.

 
    (8/9/2026) Six Flags America fans are still in mourning after their local theme park closed for good on November 2nd last year. Now 9 months later, a local drone pilot decided to take a casual flight over the closed theme park so we can all see what has taken place since then in the 9 minute video starting at the parking lot, flyover over the entrance and then into the park proper.
    The surprising thing is that really… not much has changed at all. Even the weeds growing up here and there are not totally out of control like you might think, which means that some sort of landscaping has been taking place to keep the park from looking like a setting from The Walking Dead. Though… minus the zombies, seeing the park so empty and completely void of life, is a bit heartbreaking and strange to see.
    As I said… for the most part… things to look kept up through there are some odd areas here and there that look like someone or something knocked stuff over and made a small mess, but in general the park still looks like they could send in the off-season crews to prep it to open in a few months if they wanted to, especially as virtually all the rides are still standing and fully intact! Even the newly added Dinosaur figures are still standing watch over the empty river rapids ride.
    There is the exception of the Ragin’ Cajun spinning mouse coaster that went to Six Flags Great Adventure as soon as the park closed. You can see the empty pad where it was removed at 5:14 in the video). So I’m honestly surprised that there hasn’t been a much more focused interest in trying to harvest any salvageable attractions from the park to send them to other Six Flags parks in the system.
    Though I did notice what appeared to be a yellow crane parked on site (extender legs fully out) next to the Harley Quinn Spinsanity and Riddle Me This (Round-Up) rides… so maybe one or both of those will be the next rides removed. You can see it at 4:40 in the video.
    There is also a ton of backstage areas that look as if their parking lots were covered in blue paint for some reason… oh… and there is one single sign of life in the park as well, as a lonely little Uhaul truck can be seen driving past the empty Rajun Cajun area at 5:46 in the video. I’ve no idea if the truck was supposed to be there or if they caught some scavengers breaking into the park for collectibles, but the video follows the truck until it parks outside the entrance to Firebird. I spotted the truck later in the video (8:04) parked near the Batman emblem on the ground near Harley Quinn as well.

 
    (6/27/2026) So what’s going to happen with the former Six Flags America property? According to a local news report comments were open to a town hall forum about what they would like to see done with the property. Nothing has been planned officially yet, but given the size and scope of the property, I would expect some kind of general mixed-use plan that blends some housing with entertainment, dining, retail and more. There were some comparisons to the amount of property tax that National Harbor generates for the county ($80 million?) compared to the small amount that Six Flags generated ($3 million) so obviously the county is going to want something that generates a lot more and is available for daily use year-round.

 
    (4/9/2026) The former Six Flags America site has now officially been sold to the an investment group (TPA Group) that includes NBA player, Kevin Durant’s own investment company, 35V. The deal includes the 500+ acre property, of which only about 20% were ever developed and occupied by the Six Flags theme park .
    The exact price paid, and what the new owners have planned for the site, have yet to be announced. It is said that they are still open to various concepts about what should become of the property, and are looking to create something that the local residents will appreciate.

    (5/1/2025) Six Flags dropped a huge bomb of an announcement on Thursday afternoon… you can follow this link to the official announcement, but the gist is this:
    2025 is the LAST SEASON for Six Flags America and the attached Hurricane Harbor waterpark. The 2025 season will come to an end, with the final operating day being Nov. 2, 2025.
    The property that Six Flags America sits on is about 500 acres in size (far more than the park as developed today) “will be marketed for redevelopment as part of Six Flags’ ongoing portfolio optimization program. The company has engaged CBRE, a global leader in commercial real estate service and investments, to market the property for sale.”
    Now pay attention, because this next statement is MINE ONLY… and not part of the Six Flags announcement. Screamscape sources tell us that this will not be the only surprise announcement of this magnitude made by Six Flags. I’m told that a few more big announcements will be made and soon. Possibly Friday… possibly on Monday… maybe the following week, but more big changes are coming, and it sounds like they will be from both sides of the fence… Six Flags and Cedar Fair.
    These other announcements may not all be closure announcements however, some may involve a deal to sell a particular park or two. There is also a good chance we may see Six Flags change the status of some of those management contracts they have at the moment with parks like Darien Lake or Frontier City.
    As far as predicting the future, if you go back to a November 2023 article I wrote for Blooloop about the merger, when discussing the idea of “potential closures” post-merge, the first park I mentioned was indeed Six Flags America. I also had some concerns over the long-term survival of Six Flags Discovery Kingdom and some of those stand-alone waterparks, owner or operated by Six Flags, especially Splashtown near Houston.
    As for Six Flags America itself… post-closure… I don’t see alot of items to be saved from the park in terms of rides. Sure, the new RipQurl Blaster watercoaster will find a new home as well as Harley Quinn Spinsanity, but the rest?  Maybe Superman: Ride of Steel can be saved, but they may opt to just scrap it and sent the trains to Darien Lake… assuming it is kept open. Firebird has some nice Floorless trains that could be sent to another ride, or perhaps they could convert Georgia Scorcher from a Stand-Up into a Floorless with that hardware. The Joker’s Jinx is probably history, and they can source out the trains and LIMs for parts to the two Mr. Freeze coasters or Poltergeist at Fiesta Texas.
    I feel bad that the park just opened SteamTown last season too…  there are new comfy trains on the former Mind Eraser (now Prof. Screamore’s SkyWinder) that will likely end up at La Ronde, Six Flags Mexico or Discovery Kingdom. There is a 1-year old Zamperla NebulaZ with a Steampunk that will be in need of a new home somewhere (I suggest Magic Mountain, somewhere near Twisted Colossus). Then all those dinosaur animatronics added to the QuantumCanyon Rapids will need to find a new home somewhere…
    Otherwise, I’m thinking most of the rest of the park attractions could be scrapped or sold outside of the chain on the used ride market to smaller parks.