Closed for Katrina, Re-opened for the zombie appocalypse.

Here are two articles on the site from The Times-Picayune:

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/02/six_flags_site_security_gets_2.html

http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2010/04/minnesota_developer_expresses.html

I loved this. If only I could *promote .....

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Zombieland 2 should start filming now.

*doublepromote abandoned places

Double-Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Thursday, November 4th, 2010 11:00am PDT - doublepromote requested by NicoleBee.

Wow, Six Flags never recovered this one?

>> ^ant:

Wow, Six Flags never recovered this one?


Six Flags? Hell, NEW ORLEANS hasn't recovered. They had almost 500,000 people pre-Katrina. It's taken 5 years to get back above 300,000. 200,000 is a lot of rollercoaster rides.

>> ^Yogi:

Zombieland 2 should start filming now.


I was thinking a live-action Left 4 Dead movie. As long as Uwe Boll doesn't direct it...

Sheesh that was overly creepy; anyone else sit waiting for the mushroom cloud?

Shoot the clown!

Kinda reminds me of footage from the Chernobyl exclusion zone.

ps. Music is awesome, creepy/haunting.

Way to go, six flags. Most of the infrastructure is completely intact. By giving up and selling for scrap, they are giving up an opportunity to invest in one of the most severely ravaged communities in the world. If they restored the park, it would continue to bring tourism and money from all over, which is really what New Orleans needs right now.

Six Flags was in no financial condition to try to fix the park though. Nobody really wanted to touch it anyways as it literally would entail rebuilding the entire park. The majority of of it was under a good 6'+ of water or so and all the buildings would have had to been torn down.

It likely would have cost double or even triple for what the park was worth to get it worthy again. Business decision.

On top of that, whatever they put up without redoing the entire lot of land would have been in the inevitable flood plane for the next hurricane that comes around. Nobody wants to be responsible for that.

>> ^juliovega914:

Way to go, six flags. Most of the infrastructure is completely intact. By giving up and selling for scrap, they are giving up an opportunity to invest in one of the most severely ravaged communities in the world. If they restored the park, it would continue to bring tourism and money from all over, which is really what New Orleans needs right now.


Six Flags is having financial problems.

GY!BE made this video the pure awesome it is.

...also, it should be in the tags: Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Now I know where I'm going to go metal detecting on my next big outing... right underneath all those roller coasters and freefalls.

The video became *dead as I was watching it. Godspeed You! Black Emperor would absolutely be my default choice for a post apocalyptic (or post Katrina) score.

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Ok, Not sure if this is allowed. Spent awhile hunting it down and then re-uploading it. New embed link below.

(removed extra embed don't need to also have it in the comments.)

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>> ^NicoleBee:

doublepromote abandoned places


You into the urban exploration thing too? Cool!

It's the only way to be sure.

>> ^Truckchase:

Sheesh that was overly creepy; anyone else sit waiting for the mushroom cloud?

Someone who is able should really tag this Godspeed You Black Emperor, the music is what really brings the video together into something beautiful/creepy. One of my favorite post rock bands

holy crap people, i had no idea this would get so much attention. well glad u like it so much.

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Coach: "Hey, Six Flags! Shit, I used to go there when I was a kid!"
Nick: "Oh good. Now we can die there as adults."

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*length=6:38 creepily discordant goodness =o/

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