GAcoaster Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Question #1: Before Wesray purchased Six Flags, what theme park chain did they try to purchase? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Justin Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Guessing Right Now Marriott? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted January 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Nope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pashacar Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 paramount? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warnerleroy Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 seaworld Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted January 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Nope and nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warnerleroy Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 busch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted January 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warnerleroy Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 they did try to buy out sea work=boardwalk and baseball when they were being sold after they bought six flags, but as a stab in the dark, Disney?!?!!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted January 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Correct...they had originally tried to purchase the Disney Parks. At the time the Disney company was in serious financial trouble, and Wesray specifically wanted to purchase the parks. When Disney wouldn't sell, they purchased Six Flags instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted January 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Question #2: Name two north eastern locations where Six Flags parks were proposed and announced but never built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warnerleroy Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 pittsburg and nyc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted January 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 No and no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 (edited) One location was North Stonington, CT. During Time Warner's stewardship, Six Flags desired to expand into the New England market. Several sites were explored, including purchasing Riverside Park in Agawam, MA. Time Warner deemed the property too small for a proper Six Flags, and settled on North Stonington CT. Six Flags proposed building a 200 acre park 7 miles from Foxwoods Casino on leased land from the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe. This of course drew the ire of Lake Compounce's owners, who lobbied hard within the State of Connecticut to block any tax incentives for the project. With Time Warner's mounting debts, and the growing acrimony from the State of Connecticut; Six Flags quietly retreated from their ambitious plans. This would have been the first brand new Six Flags park since 1972. It was to be designed by the same company that re-imagined Great Adventure's "Main Street" entrance during the mid-90's. A mid-90's fansite that no longer exists (sadly, I never copied the images from it) featured artist renderings of the proposed park. "Batman The Ride" as well as Magic Mountain's newly opened "Superman The Escape" were featured prominently in them. The site also featured a scanned newspaper article listing the design company, whose name I can't recall for a $1M. I followed this project closely at the time. If you're interested in reading about what might of been, an article from the New York Times archives announces the project. http://tinyurl.com/2f5f9hx Six Flags also considered building a park in East Hartford, CT. The proposal had Six Flags acquiring in whole or part of 700 acres of Pratt & Whitney's Rentschler Field. Hopkinton, R.I. was another dark horse candidate. These sites were mentioned in articles circa December 1997. With Premier Park's $1.9B acquisition of Six Flags from the Boston Ventures/Time Warner partnership, all further plans died quietly. Some articles chronicling the proposed Six Flags New England can be found at: http://articles.courant.com/keyword/theme-park/featured/4 Edited January 6, 2011 by Thunderbolt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Justin Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Concord, New Hampshire and Albany, NY? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted January 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 One location was North Stonington, CT. During Time Warner's stewardship, Six Flags desired to expand into the New England market. Several sites were explored, including purchasing Riverside Park in Agawam, MA. Time Warner deemed the property too small for a proper Six Flags, and settled on North Stonington CT. Six Flags proposed building a 200 acre park 7 miles from Foxwoods Casino on leased land from the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe. This of course drew the ire of Lake Compounce's owners, who lobbied hard within the State of Connecticut to block any tax incentives for the project. With Time Warner's mounting debts, and the growing acrimony from the State of Connecticut; Six Flags quietly retreated from their ambitious plans. This would have been the first brand new Six Flags park since 1972. It was to be designed by the same company that re-imagined Great Adventure's "Main Street" entrance during the mid-90's. A mid-90's fansite that no longer exists (sadly, I never copied the images from it) featured artist renderings of the proposed park. "Batman The Ride" as well as Magic Mountain's newly opened "Superman The Escape" were featured prominently in them. The site also featured a scanned newspaper article listing the design company, whose name I can't recall for a $1M. I followed this project closely at the time. If you're interested in reading about what might of been, an article from the New York Times archives announces the project. http://tinyurl.com/2f5f9hx Six Flags also considered building a park in East Hartford, CT. The proposal had Six Flags acquiring in whole or part of 700 acres of Pratt & Whitney's Rentschler Field. Hopkinton, R.I. was another dark horse candidate. These sites were mentioned in articles circa December 1997. With Premier Park's $1.9B acquisition of Six Flags from the Boston Ventures/Time Warner partnership, all further plans died quietly. Some articles chronicling the proposed Six Flags New England can be found at: http://articles.courant.com/keyword/theme-park/featured/4 Correct! I would have also accepted the announced but never built "Six Flags Over Trump's Steel Pier" that was supposed to have been a joint venture between Six Flags and Donald Trump's Taj Mahal Casino to redevelop Steel Pier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted January 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Question #3 What was the city that was to have been the home to the 3rd Marriott's Great America park, and what other park was supposed to have been built in the same city but never was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Justin Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Manassas, Virginia and a Legoland/ Disney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted January 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Correct! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted January 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Question #4: When Busch Gardens Williamsburg was built, what was the main stipulation about theme they had to abide by in order to build? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbolt Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Considering the close proximity to Colonial Williamsburg, I would imagine the verboten theme would be revolutionary war related. Winthrop Rockefeller, then chairman of Colonial Williamsburg was instrumental in brining August Busch II and Busch Gardens to Virginia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted January 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 That is correct, they were forbidden to use any sort of theme that might infringe on Colonial Williamsburg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted January 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Question #5: What was the name of the European park Six Flags proposed building in the 1980's and where was it to have been built? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Justin Posted January 6, 2011 Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Maybe Initials would win this One M.M. I think "Montana Magica" or something like that. Oh, and Spain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAcoaster Posted January 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Correct, and partially correct (but I'll give you credit for it anyway). It was proposed for Valencia, Spain (just like MM is in Valencia, California). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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