Former ESPN programming director Mark Shapiro is the new president and chief executive officer of Oklahoma City-based theme-park giant Six Flags Inc., the company announced on Tuesday. At a board meeting in New York, Six Flags directors voted to replace longtime CEO Kieran Burke with Shapiro and decided not to sell the company, Shapiro said in a brief telephone interview with The Associated Press.
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Well control how? His hand-picked CEO may be in there now, but so shares have changed hands and Snyder does not own any more of Six Flags than he did before.
Do you pay attention to this at all. With Snyder in charge we have a much lower chance of getting a big thrill ride soon. Not that I don't like a lot of his ideas because I think they will be great for the industry. Six Flags is a huge leader in the theme park industry, and with Six Flags mostly targeting teens lately I think it's changed the industry quite a bit. I'm looking forward to more families at our park.
And when Snyder's guy gets CEO, I feel that he has pretty much control of the company. If the board voted Burke out then they are on Snyder's side.
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From the article that I read on http://www.thrillnetwork.com , I really like some of the ideas Mark Shapiro has come up with. A haunted house is a neat idea, especially since we all know that Great America is good with them.
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Actually, don't quote me on this, but I'm pretty sure that Six Flags left it up to JDM to do the haunted houses, and SF actually had nothing to do with how good or bad they are/were.
An Xbox-themed land? I wouldn't mind a Sally Dark Ride.
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Financially it does sound like a good idea, but what sucks is that we cant expect a rollercoaster anytime soon. They keep talking about catering to familes, dont they realize that all families are not comprised of just small children. For example, i go with my friend and his huge family to great america at least 7 times a year. His huge family includes little kids, but thats not all of the group. Little kids arent the ones that say "lets go to great america". they dont even know what the hell great america is unless they have been there before. I think this is BS, say what you want but all you thrillseekers out there know this is going to suck. All though i wouldn't like to, i think that if they make sfgam so damn family oriented to the point where it sucks, i will probably take my business elsewhere, like CP, or somewhere else.
I'm running to Bull on opening day, anyone gets in my way and they'll get trampled.
If they do decide to not build any major roller coasters soon, I hope they become creative about their other additions. I would rather have a ride like Revenge of the Mummy than a Strata-Coaster any day so maybe this isn't such a bad thing. Also, maybe a ride like Spiderman. I have faith.
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yeah right what sfgam 05 said is all true i go there with my 8 year oild cousins a few times a year and me and them love to ride raging bull
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Trailblazer Tony wrote:If they do decide to not build any major roller coasters soon, I hope they become creative about their other additions. I would rather have a ride like Revenge of the Mummy than a Strata-Coaster any day so maybe this isn't such a bad thing. Also, maybe a ride like Spiderman. I have faith.
you would prob get the mummy's revenge ride over a strata simply because of one word . . "Airport"
The height limit is 310 Ft ( AKA The height of Sky Trek Tower) and that was agreed upon when the park was originally built. It is an agreement they have with the city only.
I have been away from the boards for a long time, and haven't payed much attention to things at the park, so what is going to happen now that there is a new CEO? What are some of the things that this Snyder guy wants to change or not change?
The new CEO is Mark Shaiparo I believe, he was appointed by Dan Snyder, largest stockholder of Six Flags, Inc. (someone correct me if this is not true at all). He kicked Burke off the board of directors in December.
It seems as though the chain is taking a more family-friendly approach, and Snyder favors outsourcing as much as possible in terms of concessions, etc. He also favors advertising and wants more in-park advertising (such as the SBC commercials over the rock speakers at Great America).