Quote Originally Posted by bchris02 View Post
I disagree that OKC is too close to Arlington. Charlotte is around the same distance from Atlanta and it can support a major park. Kansas City is just a few hours from St. Louis and they both have parks. If OKC's population is the worry, it also has to be considered that a major park in OKC would also draw from Tulsa, Wichita, Ft Smith, and maybe even Little Rock. Metro population itself isn't important to supporting a theme park as the location and draw it would have from surrounding areas. Also, unless it's improved in the past few years, Worlds of Fun in Kansas City has seen better days. It's still a significant cut above Frontier City but not what it was back in the 1990s.
I will definitely agree that WOF has seen better days since I was a kid, but it still has a lot better selection of thrill rides (coasters, etc.). I was actually there over the summer, and I thought to myself how much cleaner it used to be when I was little. I wondered if Six Flags in St. Louis had something to do with its decline, or if the owner is just cheap.