Guys, Six Flags is leaving Oklahoma City and selling our parks.



Six Flags to leave city, sell parks

By Paul Monies
The Oklahoman

The ride is over for Oklahoma City.
Six Flags Inc. said Friday it will close its corporate offices and sell local parks Frontier City and White Water Bay after the 2006 season.
The moves are part of a restructuring effort launched by new Chief Executive Officer Mark Shapiro, who took over in December.
Six Flags said the sale of the Oklahoma City parks will be handled by The Staubach Co.
“While it’s obviously our intention to derive the highest value possible for our shareholders in this action, we fully expect that we will do so by selling them as theme parks which continue to operate as such over the long haul,” Shapiro said in a statement.
Shapiro said Six Flags needed to be based in New York.
“A strong corporate identity in New York -- a major world entertainment, media and financial capital -- is a vital component of our agenda as we position Six Flags as one of America’s leading family entertainment destinations,” he said. The company employs 37 people at its corporate offices in Oklahoma City and an additional 40 who manage Frontier City and White Water Bay.