Exploring Abandoned Six Flags New Orleans: A Final Farewell to Jazzland
All videos inside of Six Flags New Orleans were taken with permission at a workshop hosted by - Access to six flags new orleans is strictly prohibited! DO NOT VISIT, YOU WILL BE ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING. This project has no association with any entities in the city of New Orleans, the development of the property, or the future of the site in any way. Thank you to @2tie5 for the incredible interview about Jazzland Gavin Mackool Timon & Colin Jazzland was an amusement park in New Orleans that opened in 2000, later becoming Six Flags New Orleans. Following substantial damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the park was closed to the public to make efforts to repair and reopen it. However, in 2006, Six Flags declared the property a total loss, and the park was permanently closed. The original themed areas were Mardi Gras, Pontchartrain Beach, Cajun Country, Jazz Plaza, Kids' Carnival, and The Goodtime Gardens. Mega Zeph was inspired by the old Zephyr roller coaster at the closed Pontchartrain Beach Amusement Park that was next to Lake Pontchartrain by the University of New Orleans. The intent was to rebuild the Zephyr, but it was a smaller roller coaster, so that idea was scrapped in favor of the current larger Mega Zeph. Six Flags spent $20 million to upgrade the park and reopened it in April 2003 under the name Six Flags New Orleans. The last day the park operated was Sunday, August 21, 2005, eight days before Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. However, weekday operations had ended a couple of weeks earlier, as schools start early in August in the New Orleans area and end in mid-May. The park was scheduled to reopen for the weekend on August 27 or August 28. However, once Katrina was forecast late on Friday, August 26, to hit New Orleans directly, the weekend reopening was canceled to prepare for the storm and begin evacuations. Because the park was located in low-lying swampland near Lake Pontchartrain, the park installed drainage pipes to protect it from flooding. On the morning of August 29, 2005, just after sunrise, Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Southeast Louisiana, resulting in 1,464 deaths and over $100 billion in damages. As many as 26,000 city residents took shelter at the Louisiana Superdome, and over 80% of New Orleans was flooded. On July 1, 2006, having announced that the park would be closed "at least" through 2007, Six Flags announced that it had concluded its damage assessments and declared the park to be an "effective total loss"—with no desire or intent by the company to undertake the prohibitive cost of rebuilding—and was in negotiations with the City of New Orleans to make an early exit from the 75-year lease that Six Flags entered into on the property in 2002. Music track: Daydreams by Aylex Source: https://freetouse.com/music Free To Use Music for Video Music: Cutting Kiwis Musician: Rizensun Music track: Inspiring People by Aylex Source: https://freetouse.com/music Music for Video (Free Download) Music track: The Basics by Moavii Source: https://freetouse.com/music Copyright Free Background Music Music track: Wallflower by Epic Spectrum Source: https://freetouse.com/music Free Background Music for Video Music track: Signal by Zambolino Source: https://freetouse.com/music Royalty Free Music for Video (Safe) Music track: Donut by Lukrembo Source: https://freetouse.com/music No Copyright Background Music Music track: Blur by Hazelwood Source: https://freetouse.com/music Royalty Free Background Music Music track: Magnificent by Pufino Source: https://freetouse.com/music Music for Videos (Free Download) Music track: Enlivening by Pufino Source: https://freetouse.com/music Copyright Free Music for Video Music track: Sunset by Lukrembo Source: https://freetouse.com/music Free Music No Copyright (Safe) Music track: Downfall by Epic Spectrum Source: https://freetouse.com/music Free Music No Copyright (Safe) Music track: Dream With Tea by Lukrembo Source: https://freetouse.com/music Copyright Free Music (Free Download) Music track: Revelations by Pufino Source: https://freetouse.com/music Copyright Free Music for Videos Music track: 1998 by Another Kid Source: https://freetouse.com/music Vlog Music for Video (Free Download) Music track: Cheese by Lukrembo Source: https://freetouse.com/music Royalty Free Music (Free Download) Music track: Alone by Lukrembo Source: https://freetouse.com/music Copyright Free Music (Free Download) Music track: Hug by Piki Source: https://freetouse.com/music Copyright Free Music (Free Download) Music track: Home by Lukrembo Source: https://freetouse.com/music Free No Copyright Music Download Music track: Green Leaves by Moavii Source: https://freetouse.com/music Background Music for Videos (Free) Music track: Good Days by Aylex Source: https://freetouse.com/music Free Background Music for Videos Music track: Slow Down by Avanti Source: https://freetouse.com/music Free Background Music for Video
