After 19 years, Bayou Phoenix will demolish the abandoned Six Flags amusement park in New Orleans East and replace it with a $500 million sports complex.
The demolition is expected to improve the local economy and decrease crime, according to a market feasibility study from 2022. The market study found that the location of the former Six Flags would be ideal for a sports complex. Bayou Phoenix also reported an increase in demand for regional indoor and outdoor facilities.
Bayou Phoenix proposed their plan at a city council meeting. Council member Oliver Thomas said reusing overgrown land is one of the most practical methods toward boosting New Orleans’s economy.
“All we wanna do is offer where we’re from to save this city,” Thomas said. “If we had done it before, we wouldn’t be riding the one-trick pony called tourism. But guess what? We’re doing it now.”
Wyck68 • Sep 23, 2024 at 7:36 pm
Sooooo, how much for the big coaster??
Cj • Sep 22, 2024 at 11:27 am
Don’t tear down six flags
Hunter • Sep 22, 2024 at 8:47 am
Can you have the Six flags rebuilt in neworleans east
John Taliaferro Williams • Sep 21, 2024 at 4:11 pm
Louisiana needs an MLB team. Build a stadium out there
Rob • Sep 21, 2024 at 1:21 pm
Are they going to salvage any of the rides that are still in good condition to reuse some where else?
Nixk • Sep 21, 2024 at 2:12 am
That’s were i live bitches
Adam • Sep 23, 2024 at 2:21 pm
You live there?
Do the authority know you are squatting there?
Nicky • Sep 21, 2024 at 2:11 am
Don’t tear it down