Remaining two developers pitch their plans for abandoned Six Flags site to community members
Remaining two developers pitch their plans for abandoned Six Flags site to community members Share Updated: 7:01 AM CDT May 26, 2021
Remaining two developers pitch their plans for abandoned Six Flags site to community members Share Updated: 7:01 AM CDT May 26, 2021
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“We don’t understand truly how is it that two proposals advanced instead of one that had been the overwhelming choice of the community. Author: Mike McDaniel / Eyewitness News (WWL) Published: 9:57 PM CDT May 24, 2021 Updated: 10:15 AM CDT May 25, 2021
NEW ORLEANS They raised their voices, but folks in New Orleans East feel like when it comes to what happens to the old Six Flags property in their back yard, no one is listening.
“We just believe that it’s being ignored, the voice is obviously not being considered in the manner in which we believe that it should be,” said Tangee Hall, president of the New Orleans East Matters Organization.
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City meets with developers to discuss future of Six Flags site By Kaitlin Rust | May 11, 2021 at 10:24 PM CDT - Updated May 11 at 11:12 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - After 16 years, thereâs promise to breathe new life into the old Six Flags JazzLand site in New Orleans East.
City economic development leaders sat down with three developers Tuesday who all have different visions for the blighted 227 acre property.
The selection committee was expected to choose the final plan. It did eliminate one proposal, but decided to move forward with two other plans.
Plans for Six Flags NOLA Moving Forward, Finally
As Louisianians are gearing up for the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season in a couple of weeks, we are still on edge from the drastic events from last year. And even more hard to believe, it s been 16 years since one of our worst hurricanes ever, which of course was Hurricane Katrina.
According to WWL, two proposals are being considered for redeveloping one of the worst-hit sites in the city, the former Six Flags New Orleans. The 146.2-acre abandoned theme park in New Orleans East has been the face of the disaster for years, and is currently owned by the Industrial Development Board of New Orleans.
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A roller coaster on the site where Six Flags amusement in New Orleans East used to operate. Nov. 25, 2012.
A public committee has narrowed future plans for the former Six Flags New Orleans site down to two proposals.
Many of the more than 300 public comments submitted to the committee hours before a virtual meeting via Zoom pledged support for a project by a group of developers called Bayou Phoenix, which seeks to put a logistics hub, travel center, water park, sports complex and hotel on the site. The group said that the logistics center could attract tenants like Amazon or Walmart.