Why Six Flags New Orleans Was ABANDONED

[@quiksilvermanblue]

Urban Explorers are not vandals. True urbex enthusiasts do not disturb sites. The number one threat to any abandoned building is scrappers/vandals. Once they go to work there is usually little hope for recovery.

[@Praisethesunson]

Can confirm. I've taken way more than my fair share of copper wire out of the dying industrial towns across the great lakes

[@BrotherMag]

Maybe not you personally but some possibly are. Either way trespassers all the same

[@splat003]

well said

[@Logical_Chronical]

No but if they record and say the abandoned location vandals come. Explorers should keep places they explore anonymous.

[@garydodson6737]

All trespassers are causing damage and breaking the law. Read how the law is written. They're very presence is considered damaging, even if they're not physically damaging things.

[@bender7565]

Coney Island on the Ohio river dealt with more than few wicked floods over 90yrs. They had markers in several spots of the levels, even as a kiddo the quantity of water was hard to imagine. They rebuilt every time till they packed up and went north to make Kings Island in the 70's.

[@Sparty-pi3jq]

@@bender7565 I did not know this! Fantastic fact.

[@marvinheemeyer6660]

I went here twice when it was Jazzland and 3 times as Six Flags. To me it always had the same problem, the people that worked there were lazy and just didn't care. Food took forever to get served, work stations in the park were just walked away from and maintenance was horriable. Garbage cans were often over flowing and bathrooms were disgusting. The culture of the locals that work there can not counted on for reliable staff.

[@brandonbaker7468]

Well look at the workers and people who live there. That is your answer

[@sterospa]

There is a great documentary about this park called closed for storm by Jake Williams. Excellent film.

[@draconicsonofodin5040]

closed for the storm by youtuber bright sun films is a good documentary on this

[@AmericanAbandoned]

I'm so glad I went out of my way to film it with my drones recently, it was surreal and now it's slated to be completely demolished after all this time.

[@AmericanAbandoned]

Also the pronouncion of New OrLEANs is cracking me, but enjoyed the video.

[@Ace-x4h]

A few of the rides, like the Batman roller coaster, were actually salvageable and were moved to other Six Flags parks.

[@UptownWatta]

There is a big omission in this story. Six flags as a company was in the red big time prior to katrina and they were actually looking to unload sfno BEFORE the storm. After the storm, six actually couldve reconstructed the park, but knowing it was unprofitable, they used that as an excuse to get out. They actually took SEVERAL rides and moved them to other parks. So the rides were not a total loss, but they used the reasonings to get out without public outcry. Many coasters are now at other parks. Six flags got a huge insurance payout. New Orleans prior mayor signed off on six leaving and the city taking the parks 99 year lease back. A lot of residents were mad at this as its one more blemish on top of several that naggin left on the city. .

[@jeanpitre5789]

@UptownWatta yep. I visited Six Flags Magic Mountain in California in 2016 and realized ones of the coasters was called the Batman, and recognized it looked just like the one in New Orleans from when I was a kid. Then I realized that they moved that coaster after Katrina and it struck me that this is where they moved it.

[@KennyRyman]

Six Flags was own by Premier park inc. Kieran Burke..

[@brianaala]

@@jeanpitre5789 No, the Batman ride has been at Six Flags L.A. since 1992, two different copies of the same ride.

[@KennyRyman]

Premier park inc took over Six Flags 1999. Kieran Burke CEO took the Insurance Money...

[@UptownWatta]

@@brianaala I believe this batman went to texas

[@edvaira6891]

The park never had very good attendance under either owner…it was one of Six Flags’ least attended parks every years they owned it…had the park not been destroyed by Katrina, it likely wouldn’t have survived the 2008 financial crisis (Kentucky Kingdom was shut down by Six Flags in 2000 due to similar poor attendance….thankfully, it got revived in 2014, as several efforts to this park have tried to revive this place)

[@valekofastora1027]

Take it from a native, we are honestly glad to see it go. It's the last real scar from 2005.

[@ButteryBiscuits-hk4px]

@@valekofastora1027 the whole east side of New Orleans is a scar or eyesore for the city.

[@passnola]

This was just recently scheduled for demolition!!

[@ACoolKidsProduction]

Yeah, I'm actually surprised that it didn't get mentioned. I even see that it was announced a several days before this video was uploaded.

[@BrianJNelson]

It's been a few years coming. They've been trying to repurpose the land for quite a while.

[@toyyoda3710]

@@ACoolKidsProduction Pretty sure thats what he was talking about at 15:05

[@___-yy8ud]

I went by it in June 2005. I am not an amusement parks person so I didn't feel the need to go in but damn I kind of wish I did now

[@mikedaigle3938]

As someone from New Orleans. You did the story justice. Great Job!!

[@BrianJNelson]

You should watch the Bright Sun Films documentary Closed For Storm.

[@40arpent]

Another important footnote is that Walt Disney was looking to originally build Disneyworld in the same area that jazzland was built on. There are 2 overpasses on I-10 nearby that lead to nowhere in preparation for Disneyworld and the boom that would have come to the area.

[@mikaross4671]

I heard about that too. A lot of residents were at least disney being built there because of traffic concerns. Glad he didn't go through with it, because look at what happened after Katrina.

[@jeanpitre5789]

Those were actually part of the New Orleans East project, where developers predicted that new orleans east would be the new Business and commerce district, regardless of the Disneyland plans. The NOE Project had already had development plans and funding for MULTIPLE subdivisions and apartment complexes as well as plans for shopping districts in the area, so they started building the highway exits to accommodate the impending construction and developments, then funding fell through and shortly after the city of New Orleans declared that land as Bayou Savauge state heritage site, meaning it was a state park and illegal to develop on it. Not too long after the NO East Project and its investors filed for bankruptcy. Why they never demolished the exits? Who knows.

[@hawk66100]

@@jeanpitre5789 New Orleans East is a dump.

[@jeanpitre5789]

@hawk66100 now it is. It wasn't always. Before Katrina that's where they were trying to expand their shopping district. That's why there were so many dealerships, movie theaters, bowling alleys, department stores, and apartment complexes.

[@adamgarnes4269]

At least they were able too remove the Batman B&M Ride and relocate it to Six Flags San Antonio as Goliath.

[@ksfkenbob]

As I write this, the title is “why six flags is running out of time | abandoned”. The video isn’t about Six Flags, it is about a single Six Flags park that was destroyed and closed in 2005. Time isn’t running out, it ran out 19 years ago! I’m sick of clickbait…

[@jrmills2468]

IT'S HISTORY is selling out. It's clear at this point he makes videos for the advertisers. If the advertisers dried up I doubt he'd even post videos anymore

[@ACoolKidsProduction]

Replying four days later and the title is "Why Six Flags New Orleans Was ABANDONED."

[@letsclimb5828]

I appreciate your channel so much. You really do a great job exploring less discussed topics. Thank you

[@EPiche09]

How can a company Just leave the place to rot like that?

[@woodencoasterfan]

Sadly, the Six Flags Corporation itself had some significant money troubles not long after this.

[@keithmoore5306]

that part of the state is slowly but surely sinking any effort is just pissing into the wind!!!

[@belkitoFUERTE]

Also, it’s heavily agreed upon out here that Jazzland was 100x better than the Six Flags takeover. They completely sterilized every aspect of the park when they bought it out. We still very much miss Jazzland here.

[@dimetime35c]

I think it comes down to one simple thing. Salt Water, if you watch taverish rebuilding his flooded P1 you know how damaging salt water is to anything electrical. Just imagine how much damage was done to all the electrical components that werent sealed with a water tight seal. Plus unlike freshwater damage you cant just dry it out, the salt corrodes the copper itself. If its a wire the corrosion runs down the entire wire so the entire wire has to be replaced.

[@KevinMiller-lh9ur]

Rebuilding in a flood zone should not be allowed and not smart. It will happen again, just a matter of time.

[@christreadaway5197]

We here in Louisiana want a new park and nothing else

[@Amarmi579]

I'm glad there's a happy ending, bringing that back to the community 🎉

[@supershadowman6478]

I remember going there when it was jazzland on opening day me and my family had so much fun

[@Jolis_Parsec]

Apparently this is the inspiration for that abandoned theme park in Mafia III that you end up having to fight your way through during a stormy night to take out one of the people responsible for betraying Lincoln Clay’s mentor and father figure.

[@nortonhatfield7312]

The most popular six flags amusement park that's currently open is magic mountain, which is in santa clarita ca.

[@jeanpitre5789]

The Batman was moved there

[@jolietpinball7439]

@@jeanpitre5789 Batman from this park was relocated to Fiesta Texas in San Antonio and is now known as Goliath.

[@jolietpinball7439]

With the merger, Knott's Berry Farm is the most attended SF park.

[@pantherplatform]

_"Large herds of seasonal employees"_

[@pantherplatform]

_"Brought to the state of Louisiana on seasonal employee ships then transported to their assigned place of employment on seasonal employee trains"_

[@pantherplatform]

_"Seasonal employee away without leave"_

[@pantherplatform]

_"How to follow youtube community guidelines 101"_

[@harryjones1787]

Wish I could experience the park. I lived in the area as a kid from 88-92 on the naval base. Haven been back unfortunately.

[@SPrandle]

That was a six flags this whole time?? 😭I used to drive by here everyday to get to school I had no clue the whole time.

[@brandonbaker7468]

At the end did he say lets hope another hurricane will wreck new orleans all over again? Lol

[@themadhondaguy2090]

I got to go to this park two weeks before Katrina hit, it was a great park.

[@mikaross4671]

I just visited New Orleans a few weeks ago. I went on a bus tour, and a lot of the locals there talked about the true devastation of Katrina, including the lax response for Red cross and help. I saw the levies in person too. They were not high enough to keep all that water out. They built a few new water pumping stations, but they really need to raise their levies.

[@brownguy9920]

Gangs had taken over the park before it flooded. Very very few people were going because of it. I very highly suspect thats why nobody ever did anything with it. New Orleans has become a dump. I live about 30min outside of it and NEVER EVER go there for anything. I used to love going to the quarter and bourbon. That was before I was jumped and stabbed repeatedly all for a watch. Its a dump!!

[@BatchelderPatrick]

The only reason for New Orleans is it's original centuries site on a hill. The old, original still standing site was chosen for flood mitigation. There was no good reason for people to locate anything lower. You place your bets and takes u'r chances.

[@allocated_capital]

I was born in 2000. Along with 9/11, I have always found the tragedy of hurricane katrina as one of the most interesting events to learn about during my lifetime

[@funken079]

That is crazy they are going to redevelop it in this way.

[@davidmccarthy6061]

Yep, your final comment. They'll have it 90% completed only to see it all destroyed again.

[@karolynellewellyn551]

I wish they didn’t move jokers revenge from six flags San Antonio just a year or two before this. I was to small to ride it and was sad that that is the way it end because England is the only other one to have that coaster. However they saved Batman and now it’s Goliath in San Antonio and I have ridden it multiple times.

[@Henry_Jones]

Every Six Flags looks like this.

[@MrSTOUT73]

No, they don't.

[@woodencoasterfan]

I have been to many Six Flags parks across the country and none of them look like this.

[@Amethyst.Puppet7]

@@Henry_Jones either you’ve never been to six flags or haven’t been in a LONGGG time bc not all six flags look like that.

[@KennyRyman]

When Kieran Burke Premier park inc Took over in 1999 that when the parks gone down hill....

[@devonboulden2496]

The park wasn't making its numbers before Katrina hit.

[@KennyRyman]

That's when Kieran Burke Premier park inc. own the parks...

[@Justin-mb4ql]

I live 7 miles away from here

[@jeffaulik3980]

Never knew it existed.

[@nathanmeece9794]

Why build back on a piece of land that could be devastated by flooding from future hurricanes? It would be better to just let it go back to a natural state before any park was built. In some areas you're not allowed to rebuild in flood prone areas. It doesn't matter how good your flood prevention is.

[@dn744]

Awsome 😊

[@brj_han]

Put electricals and mechanicals under salt water, and you may as well kiss them goodbye. There's a reason you don't buy hurricane flooded cars. Same goes for amusement parks....

[@kosjeyr]

The closest one to me was the one around Chicago and I've never been there.

[@woodencoasterfan]

I’ve been there and consider it to be one of the better Six Flags parks.

[@MarkFendy-sw7hn]

Then AstroWorld here in Houston unfortunately that Im still mad of to this day!

[@tkskagen]

The BEST part of "6 Flags", was the querky comertial!

[@GurtTheHurt]

@@tkskagen bone apple tea?

[@Em_Rose_]

As of november 2024 work has started at the previous theme park by the new company to clean up and take down the dangerous and deflating structures and build their envisioned plans.

[@Tregrense]

Mangled and caricatured jazz history.

[@Atmosphericpurgatory2]

Let's see what Francine does

[@willowkaiser4036]

It sat under water for weeks

[@687ABC]

New Orleans is sinking, man, and I don't want to swim.

[@SantaRosaStormtrooperCraig]

All this went down in only 5 years?

[@notpurple]

i went there its first season. TERRIBLE PARK. hot. small. crappy rides. was not a roaring success.

[@ken86mary]

@@notpurple not a tree or drop of shade during them jazzland days

[@markgarner2725]

I wasn't impressed either. The best thing about the place was a super-cool Robert Johnson t-shirt with the Jazzland logo on the sleeve that I bought there.

[@djspicefla]

yes!!!

[@dougpopson5734]

Didn't they do an airsoft thing there a few months ago?

[@RabidWolf1966]

New "orlunz" not New Orleens

[@MI-wc6nk]

Why are the photos in b&w?!? it's from 1998-2000s, was that done on purpose for this vid? very weird and feels disingenuous...and as others mentioned, the title is too Clickbaity. as a long time watcher, please do better.

[@bassahaulic]

Well I had to stop watching at the one minute mark after you said New Orleans incorrect for the night time

[@BonkedByAScout]

1:00 ai upscaled photo

[@MoonwolfeConsulting]

Guess the "flood control" was overwhelmed

[@VdiMusicGaming]

Please learn to say New Orleans right it’s “New Or(le-i-n-s)