Steely Dan
Mega Poster
The imminent closure of SFA after this weekend, and the potential forever loss of most, or even all, of its 9 rollercoasters got me thinking about other dark days when the coasterworld experienced a significant loss of costers in one fell swoop due to park closure.
Roughly two decades ago, we saw the closure of 3 significant parks in the US over a fairly short span:
SF New Orleans (8/21/2005) - 4 of its 6 coasters closed forever, 2 relocated and reopened elsewhere.
SF Astroworld (10/30/2005) - 7 of its 9 coasters closed forever, 2 relocated and reopened elsewhere.
Geauga Lake (9/16/2007) - 4 of it 8 coasters closed forever, 4 relocated and reopened elsewhere.
Depending on what might get saved and relocated from SFA, this Sunday is shaping up to be a day the American coasterworld hasn't seen in quite some time.
How about outside the US? What were some of the other darkest days for coaster closure?
Roughly two decades ago, we saw the closure of 3 significant parks in the US over a fairly short span:
SF New Orleans (8/21/2005) - 4 of its 6 coasters closed forever, 2 relocated and reopened elsewhere.
SF Astroworld (10/30/2005) - 7 of its 9 coasters closed forever, 2 relocated and reopened elsewhere.
Geauga Lake (9/16/2007) - 4 of it 8 coasters closed forever, 4 relocated and reopened elsewhere.
Depending on what might get saved and relocated from SFA, this Sunday is shaping up to be a day the American coasterworld hasn't seen in quite some time.
How about outside the US? What were some of the other darkest days for coaster closure?
