Six Flags will close Six Flags America at the end of the 2025 season

That it will not have a "material impact" on results tells you everything you need to know about its financial performance. But I get it, sometimes you need to get rid of expensive revenue.

Didn't they just buy new trains for Superman? There was this one time I was riding it...

Anything at the park worthwhile relocating? I am thinking Superman for sure, Joker probably, Spinsanity, and maybe a few other minor rides for use and/or parts.

Those Superman trains will find a home in New England. And my guess is the new SLC trains will find a home in Michigan. But I can't see anything as far as major rides coming out of this alive, even Superman.

I've only been once and had a great day. Their coaster line up isn't bad at all really.

As above, I am sure the newish rolling stock on the SLC, Floorless and S:ROS will find its way to other parks and they aren't short of other rides to consume parts. Sad to see the last of that generation of Vekoma Flyer go away though, almost inevitably.

For a park that that hasn't been making a lot of money, (legacy) Six Flags did keep spending money there. In the past 10 years they put in a ton of improvements plus the Zamperla Discovery, a huge Star Flyer, some Flying Scooters and a Nebulaz last year.

Do we think this is the one and only (slightly predictable) casualty, or might they announce additional ones in separate announcements?

Visited on Easter Sunday, and even in mid-day everything was a one or two train wait. Supes was the only coaster that wasn't running really rough, and several areas just looked unkempt and neglected.

Not a surprise at all...

Later,

EV

Oh no, this is my local park and my heart just dropped to my stomach. I have given this park a lot of deserved crap, however I still went there 20+ times a year since it was in my backyard and I could get my coaster fix in an hour or two.

Awe man, now I guess I need to move. I hear Williamsburg, VA or Sandusky, OH are nice places to live :)

Not to go all Gonch on you, but back in July I speculated on the future of NSFW parks, including:

Going Going Gone

California’s Great America
Six Flags America

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For SFA, my sense is it’s not a great park, and in the new chain it’s cannibalizing business from Great Adventure, Dorney, and Kings Dominion. And the real estate is probably valuable (more than, say, Michigan’s Adventure). Stick a fork in it.

And, this may impact travel plans slightly.

ETA: the land is probably worth somewhere north of $50MM, based on a very quick Redfin search.

I suspect Superman may move - would it maybe fit at Michigan's adventure, as that park certainly hasn't had anything new in a while. While not a great ride, I am a bit saddened to see that this will be the end of Wild One. I know it's not what it was at one point, but it is (I think) the oldest running coaster we have right now. But, I also realize moving a wooden coaster today is not necessarily viable.

Hambone, great call and you totally nailed it. That was why I was so surprised to see to new trains on Superman this spring. As in, "Why would they buy new trains, then close?" But, like Jeff already mentioned, they will send them north to the New England park that has the identical coaster.

This company has no growth potential IMO. Only reducing costs to maintain margins. It’s a bad investment.

The Flying Dutchman is the real loss. Sigh. The last one remaining.

Maybe Dan Snyder will step in and buy wild one to save it like the crazies that tried to buy Big Dipper.

Wild one is a coaster that they who’s who of wooden coaster designers have had their hands in at one time or another.

Batwing the last of the flying dutchmens.

I remember actually riding the Typhoon Sea Coaster. Intamin’s engineering at its “finest”

Some uniqueness here but totally get the decision.

We all predicted it.

Only question is if anything will survive. Doubtful.

CGA will see its rides re-distributed, most likely to Vallejo as animals come out. Don’t see that same fate for SFA.

DoubleMeatTaco:

Oh no, this is my local park and my heart just dropped to my stomach.

I know SFA doesn't have the best reputation in the coaster community. But growing up with Geauga Lake/Worlds of Adventure as my home park, I have a true soft spot for anyone in this hobby that loses their home park. To unironically quote a Coasterbuzz Classic. Sucks.

There aren't many places in North America that can fit a ride like Superman in their park, that don't already have a hyper coaster. No idea what the tariff situation does for shipping a ride oversees, but maybe someone in Asia will scoop it up.

I can’t believe they bought a park just to sell it again…

Superman is essentially a parking lot coaster. It would fit anywhere with enough flat space. It’s a great ride but I suspect the trains are moving and the steel is getting scraped.

I am going to be on DC for a concert in September. I might have to say goodbye.

It’s been said somewhere that I haven’t been to SFA since 2003, but in the back of my mind I’d always thought I’d return someday to check out the newer rides. Kinda shocked that it’s closing, but not at all surprised at the why.

The fam has been planning to hit Busch Gardens Williamsburg this summer, but we haven’t actually booked accommodations yet. Maybe we’ll switch it up and visit SFA one last…eh, nah.

super7*:

This company has no growth potential IMO. Only reducing costs to maintain margins. It’s a bad investment.

I'm not sure that anyone would invest in it for growth. But I wouldn't view this as cost cutting. It's no longer selling an unprofitable product. I've worked at companies that have done this, and it makes sense. If there isn't a clear path to profitability, don't make it (where "it" in this case is an experience on a valuable plot of land).

I really like Wild One. Classic wood coasters are getting more and more extinct every year. Joker is awesome and needs to be relocated.

Superman is a snooze-fest with it's monotonous helices. Batwing was too scary to ride more than once. Roar didn't age well. And no one really cares about an old hang and bang.

I'm going to be in Richmond sometime this summer. Do I want to visit SFA just for one more ride on Wild One? Not really. Can you imagine how much worse the park experience will be with employees who know they are getting let go? They already don't seem to care.

It's sad. Anyway, that's about all I can say about the park.

It will be interesting to see if they spend more money and effort on the other nearby parks. Kings Dominion has a lot of potential. Dorney is what it is, which is not bad. Great Adventure has a long way to go, and I think they know that and are working on it. This is an exciting time to be a park fan.