Jazzland and Six Flags New Orleans failures don't deter advocates of new attractions at the site
Posted September 7, 2009, 10:53A |
Contributed by Chitown
The Six Flags site, once heralded as a tourist attraction and catalyst for economic development in eastern New Orleans, has sat untended for four years. But interest in redeveloping the site comes as the theme park industry, like other entertainment-related industries, is suffering in the economic downturn. And enthusiastic proponents of the plans have failed to take note of the poor performances that first Jazzland and then Six Flags had at the site.
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