<Tr> <Th> Roller coasters </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Water rides </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Six Flags New Orleans (SFNO) is a 140 - acre, abandoned theme park in New Orleans, Louisiana that has been closed since Hurricane Katrina struck the state in August 2005 . It is owned by the Industrial Development Board (IDB) of New Orleans . Six Flags had leased the park from 2002 until 2009 when the lease was terminated during its bankruptcy proceedings . The park is located in New Orleans East, off Interstate 10 . Despite various announced plans to redevelop the site, as of September 2017, it is still an abandoned amusement park in extremely poor condition . The site is owned and maintained by IDB . The site has 24 - hour security and trespassers are prosecuted . Videos and photos of the site have surfaced over the years from thrill - seekers . This encouraged city officials to become more diligent in its approach to secure and ban tours of the park . The park is no longer operational and safety is a concern . Trespassing is prohibited, and the property is only visible from the highway . The New Orleans Police Department officers can be seen patrolling the park daily to prevent trespassing . </P> <P> The park opened under the name Jazzland in 2000 . It was operated by Alfa Smartparks (later Odgen Entertainment and now known as Palace Entertainment), but owned by a Spanish company called Parques Reunidos . Rides included Mega Zeph, a wooden roller coaster track built on a steel frame to prevent termite infestation and withstand hurricane - force winds . Mega Zeph was inspired by the old Zephyr roller coaster at the closed Pontchartrain Beach Amusement Park that was located 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 . Other rides included a junior steel coaster called Rex's Rail Runner, a wild mouse steel coaster and a common steel shuttle looping Vekoma boomerang rollercoaster called a Zydeco Scream (there are well over a dozen of these identical coasters in parks in the US). The park had a log flume called Cypress Plunge and a splashwater falls ride called Spillway Splashout . In addition, the park had common amusement park spinning rides and a carousel merry - go - round . The park was not profitable, as Alpha Smart Parks specialized in running water parks and smaller amusement arcade centers . In 2001, the lease was put up for sale, and in March 2002 Six Flags purchased the lease, although the park's name did not change that year . </P>

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