In the near future if it is even possible I think some of the following cities listed here should get parks in teh near future: 1).Miami,Florida
2).Cleveland,Ohio
3).Detroit,Michigan-Whoa!! does Motown have any decent theme park??
4).State of Hawaii-yes....they need a park here bigtime!!!
5).Phoneix,Arizona-I see they have Wet N' Wild quite new but a theme park is needed also
6).Houston,Texas-with the new addition to Earthquest Adventures I think this will make up for the big loss of Six Flags Astroworld.
7).New Orleans,Louisana-they can use a park here but where since six flags is gone and where did jazzland ever go?
if Six Flags would expand their parks in the near future and maybe get a new park here or there in the near future? Like at Six Flags Ohio-a very big loss!!!! And Houston's Astroworld-Six Flags..just a big disappointment why did they close Houston's park down? I would love to finally see a Six Flags park in Florida like the Orlando-Miami area..Miami has yet to have a great theme park in their region. I also do think Busch Gardens could or should get a new park in the near future like maybe in another state perhaps Tennessee? We all know that all Busch Parks are located within two southern cities right? Williamsburg,VA and Tampa Bay,FL..and I think maybe if they would put one in Tennessee or maybe even New Orleans since their Six Flags Park has gone down would be terrific.

When I think Miami, I think party on the beach and at the clubs, not going to a theme park. With so many options already in that state, families can go to the Orlando-Tampa area and have their choice.

Had a Busch Park, which was sold to Six Flags, which was sold to Cedar Fair and closed. I seriously doubt either company would consider building in this area, especially with Cedar Point and Kennywood so close.

Used to have a Six Flags "park" that flopped. I doubt either company would ever consider Detroit for one of their parks. It's too close to Cedar Point, isn't in the best financial state right now, and has a bit of a crime problem. All this equals to not a great location for a park.

Now, I'm not up to par on my geography or population density of Hawaii, but where exactly would this park go? Is there even room there? Let's also not forget that there's the still active volcanoes that would pose a bit of a natural disaster problem. If flooding is bad for coasters, imagine molten lava. If a park were to be built here, I'd imagine it would be Busch before Six Flags.

This park would need to have some serious shading and AC in the buildings. With the temperatures Phoenix can get, I can't imagine a day at a theme park being very pleasant.

Had Six Flags' new management stepped in before the sale of AstroWorld, there's a decent chance it'd still be there. But now that it's gone, I don't think Houston will be seeing a Six Flags or Busch park. If Earthquest Adventures does get built, that would be great, but I don't see another park going in there.

Jazzland never left, it became Six Flags New Orleans. And with the threat of hurricanes and another natural disaster, I can only guess that anyone wanting to build a park here would be looking to SFNO as an example of what can happen. With all the trouble that SF had getting rid of their lease, do you really think they'd want to build another park there?

Most major city centres in the US have a theme park, and I really doubt we'll see a new one from either Six Flags or Busch in the foreseeable future. Six Flags is still in massive debt and Busch was just sold to a new owner. I'm pretty sure both companies are looking at how to improve their products before they decide to spend a crapload of money on a new park.

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In general I bought you will see a Six flags park built any tine in the near or distant future. You will see them make it look like thy are expanding by Flagging TGE and La Ronda but no new parks.

as for the locations:

1).Miami,Florida
don't see this one happening. it's a party town and a place to leave to go someplace more exotic. major competition with in a hour. and expensive land.

2).Cleveland,Ohio
this is not to place to build a major theme park. unless your disney playing the gamble. SFI and Busch have both given up parks in this market. but if a company would come in and built a family style park they might fly. to much big thrills in the competition to compete so go for the families. A Lego land would likely do well. but a park that can accommodate families and undercut the competition price wise might be a more successful option.

3).Detroit,Michigan
this is a hard market to work with. market ca put a lot of locals out of work. also there are park in the area, though at a distance. A smaller park 100-150 acres perhaps might survive well.

4).State of Hawaii-
the area could use some solid entertainment but traveling between islands is costly and and land is limited. It's also very expensive. My aunts average sized house on nearly no land is valued at over a million dollars. An FEC with a dozen or so family rides might do well but a large scale theme park woudl be a failure

5).Phoneix,Arizona
This area could use and has the population and weather to support a major theme park. but it;s economy is dwindling. if the money was there teh jobs are in demand. No settling for teens that might not care about their work there are a lot of people who will happily work hard for you. but any park woudl need to be slightly outside of town.

6).Houston,Texas
major population has supported a theme park before. really don't know why SFI shut down their park. But a major park in a neighboring town would do well. I wouldn't build in the city do to the cost of the land.

7).New Orleans,Louisana-
The land for SFNO is back in the hands of the city and is being looked at for a park. so this is a null issue.

but I'm sure if you start looking at it there are other markets that could use parks. just maybe not the 300+ acres mega parks we often associate with theme parks.

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To make a long story short: The previous Six Flags management team thought AstroWorld was not very profitable and dismantled the park before selling the land it owned to help with their chronic debt reduction. Only weeks after the final operating day ever, the park was completely wiped off the map.

There was also land issues as there was no room to expand the park, which combined with WaterWorld was less than 90 acres. But the real deal-breaker was the parking issue. AstroWorld was the only park in the Six Flags chain that did not possess its own parking lot, and for its existence shared the Astrodome and Reliant Stadium's lot across the freeway.

So a lot of factors eventually converged to the idea of getting rid of the park.


I think Texas is a lot more oppressive with the humidity loads added on to the heat. I actually feel better in Phoenix in the summer than in San Antonio, which has two parks.

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