Offer made for Six Flags New Orleans

I was gonna say that $120 million seemed like a lot for this park, considering the location. $20 million makes more sense. This park has nowhere to go but up at this point.

Hmm. I though these guys were totally without credibility. Where'd the money come from? When their web site first went live, folks got the impression that it was mostly a bunch of kids. The "About Us" page on the web site has been taken down.

I'm still a little skeptical, personally, but you never know.

Their website is painfully, painfully unprofessional but I've never heard anything about them until now, I'm just going but what I see online.

It popped up a bit more than a month ago, but we didn't see much about it:

http://www.coasterbuzz.com/forum.aspx?mode=thread&TopicID=48905

$120 Million and they can't spell...?

"We would like to say a special thanks to all of our supporters, your positive feedback has been overhelming. Taking on a project of this size takes a lot of work however we are dedicated to helping the brave Americans of New Orleans. During a time of utter devestation the people of New Orleans stood proud and never gave up hope because they know that one day their city will return, to them we tip our hats. Again thank you for all of your support!"

overhelming vs. overwhelming

devestation vs. devastation

Not very professional in my eyes...

I hope they get it back open. Mega Zeph is too good to be SBNO. MZ is arguably the most underrated CCI out there.

There's no gaurentee that any of the rides there will ever open again. Everything there sat submerged for so long.

They have had engineering firms and ride manufacturers do extensive investigation and assessment of the damages done to the rides. They had a list of which rides would be back but I think it went away when they updated the website. I know Mega Zeph was one of them that would come back but there were many that were not listed.

It will need new trains though since Six Flags thoughtfully took them and used them for parts. Apparently they are planning to get PTCs for it because Danny Rogers said the trains would be made by an "American manufacturer."

*** This post was edited by Cameraman 7/25/2008 10:24:26 PM ***

Sweet! Maybe I will finally get to ride MegaZeph now. Looked like a fun layout.

^^There are other American train manufactures besides PTC. How can you be so sure they would use PTC?

Yes that's true. Wishful thinking I suppose. But I think you can rule out GCI and from common sense you could probably rule out Premier.

Kings Island has two lovely, well-used Premier trains I'm sure they'd be glad to get off their hands. ;)

Anyone remember this site:

http://nantimi.com/

I want MZ so bad, I'd even ride the thing with those blasted Morgans - aren't TX Cyclone's trains "out there" available somewhere?

I think Danny Rogers is smart enough to get PTCs like oh so many other coasters...