<P> In early 2003 , Six Flags upgraded the park and renamed it `` Six Flags New Orleans . '' Six Flags added more shaded areas and many new flat spinning rides . The park was renamed Six Flags , and the `` it 's playtime ! '' theme was adopted that included a dancing old man , Mr. Six . They added a Bolliger & Mabillard inverted coaster named Batman : The Ride ( a mirrored version of the B&M Batman : The Ride coaster model ) relocated from the defunct Thrill Valley in Japan , and a Vekoma multiple looping coaster called The Jester relocated from Six Flags Fiesta Texas . A water park that would be included in the admission ( like Six Flags Parks such as Six Flags St. Louis and Six Flags America , for example ) was in the planning stages in early 2005 and was going to be announced at the end of August . However , Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans , which put those plans and the continued operations of the park in question . The last day the park operated was August 21 , 2005 . Weekday operations had ended a couple weeks earlier , as schools start early in August in the New Orleans area and end in mid-May . The park was scheduled to reopen on August 27 and August 28 , but once Katrina was forecast late on Friday , August 26 to directly hit New Orleans , the weekend opening was canceled in order to prepare for the storm and begin evacuations . </P>
<P> In early 2003 , Six Flags upgraded the park and renamed it `` Six Flags New Orleans . '' Six Flags added more shaded areas and many new flat spinning rides . The park was renamed Six Flags , and the `` it 's playtime ! '' theme was adopted that included a dancing old man , Mr. Six . They added a Bolliger & Mabillard inverted coaster named Batman : The Ride ( a mirrored version of the B&M Batman : The Ride coaster model ) relocated from the defunct Thrill Valley in Japan , and a Vekoma multiple looping coaster called The Jester relocated from Six Flags Fiesta Texas . A water park that would be included in the admission ( like Six Flags Parks such as Six Flags St. Louis and Six Flags America , for example ) was in the planning stages in early 2005 and was going to be announced at the end of August . However , Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans , which put those plans and the continued operations of the park in question . The last day the park operated was August 21 , 2005 . Weekday operations had ended a couple weeks earlier , as schools start early in August in the New Orleans area and end in mid-May . The park was scheduled to reopen on August 27 and August 28 , but once Katrina was forecast late on Friday , August 26 to directly hit New Orleans , the weekend opening was canceled in order to prepare for the storm and begin evacuations . </P>
when did six flags new orleans shut down
when did six flags new orleans shut down
August 21 , 2005
August 21 , 2005