Talk:Six Flags AstroWorld

Name

From reading newspaper articles and looking at old park maps, the name didn't switch to "Six Flags AstroWorld" in 1975 as RCDB suggests. Six Flags didn't start operating the park until May 1975, and from then onwards it was still referred to as "AstroWorld" in newspaper articles. I wasn't able to find a definitive year where the branding switched. Looking at old park maps the first map to mention "Six Flags AstroWorld" was in 1994 and shortly after (As already noted in the article, thanks @LTPHarry) the branding switched to "AstroWorld, a Six Flags theme park". It appears it went back to "Six Flags AstroWorld" before closure in 2005.

How to summarise and source any of this I'm not sure! Lachlan (Talk | contribs) 22:03, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

Six Flags Houston

Here is a excellent Six Flags AstroWorld fansite. It is such an interesting and fascinating read.

https://web.archive.org/web/20000619192053/https://www.sixflagshouston.com/ MK700 Geek (talk) 16:13, 16 April 2025 (UTC)

Source

Here is another excellent source on Six Flags AstroWorld: https://web.archive.org/web/20110924192522/http://www.mikerobinson.net/astroworld.htm MK700 Geek (talk) 11:49, 3 May 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for adding! 👍 Lachlan (Talk | contribs) 16:15, 5 May 2025 (UTC)

Six Flags Acquisition

Although Six Flags had leased AstroWorld since 1975, elsewhere states that AstroWorld was fully purchased by Six Flags in 1978. MK700 Geek (talk) 11:29, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

Hello - whereabouts did you see the bit about Six Flags purchasing the park? That may be correct. Lachlan (Talk | contribs) 21:02, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

From a few sources I have seen. MK700 Geek (talk) 23:17, 11 May 2025 (UTC)

I'll have a dig on newspapers.com and see if there's anything on there Lachlan (Talk | contribs) 11:10, 12 May 2025 (UTC)

Had a look online and looks like there is a reference for it on Wikipedia. Lachlan (Talk | contribs) 13:22, 13 May 2025 (UTC)