Six Flags is shutting down an amusement park after 50 years of operation.<\/p>\n
Six Flags America, located in Bowie, Maryland, officially closed its doors to guests for the final time last weekend after decades of operation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you, Six Flags America fans, for 50 years of family fun. We will always cherish the memories made together,\u201d the park wrote on its Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n Its final day of operation was Sunday, Nov. 2. <\/p>\n Six Flags Entertainment Corporation announced in May that it would close Six Flags America and Hurricane Harbor after the 2025 season. The park employed about 70 full-time associates.<\/p>\n \u201cAs part of our comprehensive review of our park portfolio, we have determined that Six Flags America and Hurricane Harbor are not a strategic fit with the company\u2019s long-term growth plan,\u201d said Six Flags President and CEO Richard A. Zimmerman. <\/p>\n The property, which is approximately 500 acres, will be marketed for sale.<\/p>\n \u201cThis was a difficult decision, and we recognize the impact it will have on our Six Flags America and Hurricane Harbor park associates and guests,\u201d Zimmerman said.<\/p>\n It\u2019s the first of two Six Flags-owned parks that have announced closures. Six Flags California\u2019s Great America will shut down by the end of 2027, as the company said its lease is expiring.<\/p>\n Six Flags Entertainment Corporation operates 27 amusement parks, 15 water parks, and nine resort properties across 17 states in the United States, Canada, and Mexico.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Six Flags is shutting down an amusement park after 50 years of operation. Six Flags America, located in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-28824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}