FUN IS OVER

Major Amusement Park Closes Another Location After 50 Years

The adventure park announced the closure at an investors’ meeting last Wednesday.

The fun will end at another Six Flags amusement park. After the beloved entertainment group announced last month that Hurricane Harbor in Maryland would close at the end of this year, company leadership revealed this week that California Great America Park in Santa Clara will also close at the end of the 2027 season. Great America has been open for almost 50 years, delighting fun-lovers in the Bay Area with roller coasters like the loopy “Demon” (built in 1976 as the “Turn of the Century) and a 108-foot high wooden coaster called the Gold Striker. At an investors’ meeting last Wednesday, Chief Financial Officer Brian Witherow explained the decision by stating that Great America is “very low on the ranking of margins” among the company’s 42 North American parks. It’s unclear what will become of the 112-acre plot where Great America is currently located, an hour outside of San Francisco. The Six Flags Entertainment Corporation (traded under the apt ticker name “FUN”) has had a difficult last 12 months, with its share price losing more than half its value since last July.