Talk:List of defunct amusement parks

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[edit] Question

What about Riverview Plaza in Chicago (Corner of Belmont, Western and Clybourn Avenues)? I don't have enough information to post about it, but any older (former or current) Chicagoans out there remember it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]])

It's listed as Riverview Park for whatever reason. CaponeX (talk) 07:00, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Six Flags New Orleans

At what point will it be permissable to add Six Flags New Orleans to the list? It seems apparant that it won't ever reopen. —Preceding unsigned comment added by [[Special:Contributions/209.30.87.84|20--Mjrmtg 01:46, 8 October 2007 (UTC)9.30.87.84]] (talk) 21:55, 7 October 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure its "abandoned". They still own it don't they? If Six Flags gives up the property then maybe its abandoned. Mjrmtg 01:46, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

There was recently a video news report from the local NBC affiliate WDSU-TV about the Six Flags New Orleans amusement park see here In the report's opening the reporter states "What began with such as pomp, circumstance and promise in 2000 is now silent, overgrown and unused, An abandoned amusement park isn't very amusing at all." further the President of the New Orleans East Business Association stated "Local investors are already discussing buying out Six Flags". In my humble opinion since Six Flags apparently has no interest at the moment of reopening the property since they are involved in a lawsuit with their insurance carrier and the New Orleans East Business Association is publicly stating they are looking for someone else to take over the park which is located on land owned by the City of New Orleans I would say yes the property is officially abandoned and should be included in this list. Further if there are no objections posted in the next 48 hours I will add it onto the list myself. Simon Bar Sinister 05:55, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

An abandoned amusement park and the pics of it on the net were important for me. The Six Flags in New Orleans all fucked up
because of the disaster is important in ways we will not evaluate or qualify. If it isn't open or actively
maintained then it belongs on the list. The word abandoned is just a best fit. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.132.89.72 (talk) 00:38, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

It's a pretty good case study of why the government has no business mucking in private enterprise, doing things like using tax dollars to open a theme park of all things... The speed that it went bust and had to be turned over to SF just shows the folly of it all... Katrina just sped up the inevitable in this case. But I guess this is all moot since the park is now listed in the article... --Rehcsif (talk) 18:27, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Land of Oz

I noticed on Google that the semi-abandoned Land of Oz theme park in Beech Mountain, NC has an article located at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Oz_(theme_park), yet this article just goes to the error message that says there is no article on the park in Wikipedia. Anyone who knows what they're doing care to fix this?Fireproof88 (talk) 21:23, 13 March 2008 (UTC)