Six Flags Announces Plans to Permanently Shut Down Theme Park After 25 Years

Six Flags America parkland goers volition person to find their thrills elsewhere.

The taxable parkland announced connected May 1 that it plans to unopen down the Six Flags America and Hurricane Harbor successful Bowie, Md., astatine the extremity of the 2025 season.

“As portion of our broad reappraisal of our parkland portfolio, we person determined that Six Flags America and Hurricane Harbor are not a strategical acceptable with the company’s semipermanent maturation plan,” Six Flags President & CEO Richard A. Zimmerman said successful a property release. “After reviewing a fig of options, we judge that selling the spot for redevelopment volition make the highest worth and instrumentality connected investment.”

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The astir 500-acre spot volition beryllium up for merchantability with the volition of being redeveloped.

“This was a hard decision, and we admit the interaction it volition person connected our Six Flags America and Hurricane Harbor parkland associates and guests,” Zimmerman added. “We are grateful to our parkland associates who enactment hard to make lifelong memories for our guests, and Six Flags is committed to supporting each impacted associates done the closure process astatine the extremity of this year.”

According to the company, the parkland presently employs astir 70 full-time employees and volition beryllium offering severance and benefits to those eligible.

The parkland volition grant play walk holders done the extremity of the 2025 season. The park’s last time unfastened to the nationalist volition beryllium Nov. 2, 2025.

Six Flags Entertainment Corporation tells PEOPLE, "We person not yet determined what volition hap to each thrust oregon attraction aft the parkland is closed but relocation to different Six Flags parks oregon selling to different amusement parkland operators are options that whitethorn beryllium considered."

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Six Flags Entertainment Corporation houses much than 27 amusement parks, 15 h2o parks and 9 resorts successful the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

The Six Flags America determination opened successful 1974 arsenic a drive-thru safari acquisition called The Largo Wildlife Preserve but was recreated arsenic Six Flags America successful 1999. 

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