Broken Windows at a Service Building Beneath the Mega Zeph

Storm-damaged service building at abandoned Six Flags New Orleans with Mega Zeph roller coaster structure behind.
Storm-damaged service building at abandoned Six Flags New Orleans with Mega Zeph roller coaster structure behind.

Six Flags New Orleans opened in 2000 as Jazzland before Six Flags took over operations in 2002. Hurricane Katrina's storm surge flooded the eastern New Orleans park with several feet of saltwater in August 2005, damaging structures like this one beyond repair. The park never reopened, and ownership reverted to the city of New Orleans, which has weighed demolition and redevelopment proposals for the 227-acre site for years. The Mega Zeph, the wooden coaster visible behind the building, operated at the park from 2000 until the storm.

Photo taken in December 2009.

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Abandoned Six Flags New Orleans
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