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Sign at the entrance to Six Flags Great America

Six Flags Great America is the Chicago metropolitan area's Six Flags theme park located in Gurnee, Illinois. The park first opened in 1976 as Marriott's Great America. Six Flags purchased the park from the Marriott Corporation in 1984 making it the seventh park in the chain. Today, the park boasts eight themed sections, a 13-acre water park, three specially themed children's areas and various other forms of entertainment.