Why did they shut down six flags astroworld?

Question

I miss that place.

Answer 1

The company is $2 BILLION in debt and are unloading those places that are not profitable



On September 12, 2005, Six Flags announced that it was closing its legendary Six Flags Astroworld theme park in Houston, Texas, at the end of the 2005 season, citing issues such as the park's performance, and parking issues involving the Houston Texans football team, Reliant Stadium, and the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo leveraged with the value of the property the park sits on.



On January 27, 2006, Six Flags announced it would be selling its Frontier City theme park and White Water Bay water park, both located in Oklahoma City, at the conclusion of the 2006 operating season. At the same time, Six Flags also announced its plan to close corporate offices in Oklahoma City.



Six Flags CEO Mark Shapiro said he expects the parks to continue operation after the sale, unlike Six Flags Astroworld. Six Flags also announced that it would be moving all of its corporate operations to New York City.



On March 30, 2006, Six Flags announced that it will sell only pizza from Papa John's International at its parks. In turn, Six Flags will receive an annual sponsorship and promotional opportunities from Papa John's, though financial details of the deal have not been disclosed.



In June of 2006, Six Flags announced it was considering closing or selling up to six of its parks, including Elitch Gardens (Denver, CO), Darien Lake (Darien, NY), WaterWorld (Concord, CA), Wild Waves and Enchanted Village (Federal Way, WA), Splashtown (Spring, TX), and Magic Mountain (Los Angeles)/Hurricane Harbor (Various).



In addition, Six Flags also announced the sale of Wyandot Lake in Powell, Ohio to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, which is located next to the park.



Tough times

Answer 2

The park fell on hard times. Once on the outskirts of Houston, the land surrounding Astroworld went from rural to urban...really urban.



In an effort to pump up attendance Six Flags used to offer heavily discounted season passes. Parents from nearby neighborhoods would then buy a season pass and drop their kids off everyday of Summer. This worked for the parents because a babysitter for the summer would cost $1000's. But a season pass is only $60-70.



This eats profits because these particular guests aren't buying anything but are still using your product.



When all these users get bored of rides and are stuck at the park with no money, acts of vandalism, theft, and simple patron harassing become more prevalent. This causes your tourist population to have worse and worse experiences every time they visit the park. As the case with Astroworld: high season pass sales but low ticket sales and low overall attendance due to the "unwanted element" inside the park will cause the operating scale to tumble and a park like Astroworld to fail.



This is what was happening at Six Flags parks across the country. This is why new ownership is placing extra emphasis on being a newly improved "Family" park, hoping to encourage families into returning to the parks.

Answer 3

The park didn't make enough money, and I don't think that it had a lot of good roller coasters. This is just by looking at the rides they did have. Six Flags is also in a huge debt, and they have to close some parks. That was one of the parks.



By the way, they did receive 77 million for that park. Of course, they took the rides out of there that were good, and some of them are going to other parks. Some already have like the SWAT ride.

Answer 4

it was not making the money that it use to..it is sooo weird driving by there and seeing a big empty parking lot instead of all the rides!yeah it was a pretty awesome place to go!i found a site about it...www.saveastroworld.com

it tells all kinds of info on there.

Answer 5

I don't know why either, although it's most likely the money thing. I have relatives in Louisiana & we were going to go there one year, but didnt. Now I guess we never will.

Answer 6

It was a good place. Houston makes no sense these days. Throw out the mayor. He's an idiot.

Answer 7

The park wasn't making enough money! They were selling the one in California.

Answer 8

i think they went bankrupt or they bought the place out or somebody bought it. not sure

Answer 9

Cause da' man is suppressing my fun!!!???

Answer 10

who knows?



i don't know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!