I can't believe it. I actually enjoyed that park. My friend in Houston is going to be so sad about this. He actually just moved a couple of blocks from Astroworld this summer. This news sucks.
rct2wizard360 wrote:Hopefully some more get sold off.
Why would you hope for more parks to get sold off....this park isn't going to another company. It's being destroyed which means it's one less amusement park for you or anybody else to visit.
While it's good that SF is unloading some parks, I wish they could be sold to other amusement park companies to keep them going. Unfortunately that isn't the case here.
Hey Dave, let's pursuade SF to move SWAT to SFGAm.
I finally retired the Sarah Palin signature because she is now 100% irrelevant.
Part of the reason why they are probably closing that park is due to parking. It has to do something with the stadium next to it. I think that's the park.
I'm glad that it's getting torn down for several reasons:
a) I would have almost certainly never visited this park. It seems like SFOT and SFFT are better run.
b) More resources (rides, etc.) can be put into other Six Flags parks, including Great America
c) An entire parkful of rides will be moved to other parks, including (hopefully) Great America
While there is the chance I would have visited if I had taken a coaster-related trip to Texas, I would rather see more resources put into Great America, which I will visit many times every year, rather than a park I'll visit just once or twice at most
Mr. "THE HELL HOLE IS CLOSING!!!! YEAH!" makes that statement then ridicules Twixmix for saying he is glad to see it go?
By making your original statement in all capital letters meaning you were shouting it, means you really don't care about the employees losing their jobs either.
I finally retired the Sarah Palin signature because she is now 100% irrelevant.
I am very sad for the employees. However, in this article, it does say that many of the employees will be offered a job at another park. It is terrible, and I'm probably sure that most of them won't work at another SF park though.
http://www.saveastroworld.com/
For the ride factor, the only ride that looks good is that XLR-8. I've never been on it, so I don't know. This includes the flats too. Hey SFGAm could get another Power Dive. And no, I didn't really like Power Dive that much. Watch, SFGAm gets the SLC instead.
LIER MIKE! You forgot you posted that and now that Scott made you look like a fool you decided to say sorry and that it was a joke... your not sorry! ha ha
Its sad to hear a member of the family is leaving. Though I knew that this will happen to any of the low attended SF parks. SFAW will always be missed by enthusiasts, Houston GP, and Six Flags.