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April 22nd, 2008, 09:43 PM
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Water park pitched for Six Flags
by Leslie Williams, The Times-Picayune
Tuesday April 22, 2008, 6:43 PM
A California native who has been in the "amusement business" since he was a pre-teen has asked the city to approve a $70 million plan that would convert Six Flags New Orleans into a "world-class" attraction with twice as many rides and a water park by next summer.
Edward Blakely, the city's recovery czar, said today he received the proposal this week from Danny Rogers of Southern Star Amusement Group that included a "commitment letter" from William Prip, a vice president of Six Flags Inc.
"We got it today," Blakely said. "We'll assess the proposal against other proposals, including a sports complex and look at the role the city would play."
Rogers said his non-incorporated company in Bay St. Louis will neither own nor operate the amusement park.
"It will be investor owned, controlled and operated," he said today.
Water park pitched for Six Flags
by Leslie Williams, The Times-Picayune
Tuesday April 22, 2008, 6:43 PM
A California native who has been in the "amusement business" since he was a pre-teen has asked the city to approve a $70 million plan that would convert Six Flags New Orleans into a "world-class" attraction with twice as many rides and a water park by next summer.
Edward Blakely, the city's recovery czar, said today he received the proposal this week from Danny Rogers of Southern Star Amusement Group that included a "commitment letter" from William Prip, a vice president of Six Flags Inc.
"We got it today," Blakely said. "We'll assess the proposal against other proposals, including a sports complex and look at the role the city would play."
Rogers said his non-incorporated company in Bay St. Louis will neither own nor operate the amusement park.
"It will be investor owned, controlled and operated," he said today.