 Six Flags Dubailand announced
Who's next? Astroland Dubai? Playland Dubai? Knoebels Dubai? (Nooooooo!)
From the Orlando Sentinel; by Scott Powers March 5, 2008-
"Just days after Busch Entertainment Corp. announced that it would create a
SeaWorld and three other parks in the Middle East boomtown of Dubai, Six
Flags announced Tuesday that it, too, will create a theme park there.
Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, is quickly emerging as a global tourist
destination. In going there, Six Flags follows Busch; Universal Studios,
which announced a Dubai park last year; and smaller theme-park companies.
In Six Flags, Dubai gets the world's largest owner of regional theme parks
and a top operator of thrill rides, particularly roller coasters. The
company has 21 parks in North America, but none in Florida.
As other companies have done, Six Flags plans to license its concepts and
products and will run the Dubai park, but it will not develop or own it. The
company developing the property, Tatweer, will put up the capital and own
the park.
Six Flags Dubailand will fill 60 lushly landscaped acres with thrill rides,
family attractions and entertainment, Six Flags Vice President Sandra
Daniels said."
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