Plans for the park, then known as Jazzland, were first announced in April 1991, with a projected 1994 opening date. This would be continually delayed due to a lack of funding for the park, and this trademark was abandoned in August of 1994.
199?-1998[]
BETTER LOGO NEEDED
In October 1995, it was announced that construction on Jazzland would begin in the first quarter of 1996, with an opening in spring 1997. However, by December 1995 this opening date was pushed to 1998. After years of struggling to find adequate funding, Jazzland gained the investment of a firm known as Ogden Entertainment in June 1997.
1998-1999[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Bodega Sans Black Trajan
Launched:
1998
With Ogden's involvement, construction began in August 1998, with a slated opening in May 2000.
Jazzland[]
1999-2002[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Custom Tekton
Launched:
1999
This logo could be seen as early as August 1999 on park maps. On May 20, 2000, Jazzland opened to the public. Due to low attendance, Jazzland entered bankruptcy protection in late February 2002, and in March of that year Six Flags put in a bid to purchase the park, a move which received backing from the City of New Orleans. On August 8, 2002, Six Flags was approved to take over the park's lease for 75 years.
Six Flags New Orleans[]
2002-2005[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
ITC Kabel
Launched:
November 14, 2002 (announcement) April 12, 2003 (opening)
Six Flags officials originally stated that the park would not be renamed until at least 2004, yet on November 14, 2002, the rechristening of the park to Six Flags New Orleans was announced. All rebranding was to be complete by the start of the 2003 season, and the park opened under its new name on April 12, 2003.
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast. The park, which had closed a week prior in preparation for the storm, was damaged beyond repair. It was not only heavily affected by wind, but sat for over a month immersed in several feet of brackish water, as the destruction of New Orleans’ levees by storm surge flooded large swaths of the city. It was confirmed in March 2006 that the park would not reopen for that year’s season, with talks of potentially reopening later, but by July, Six Flags was scrambling to terminate their lease; the amount of money necessary to repair the property turned out to be far greater than what the park had been earning. In 2009, Six Flags filed for bankruptcy, ceding the park’s lease to the City of New Orleans. The property remains abandoned with minimal hope of redevelopment, and is used semi-regularly as a filming location until November 2024 going through some demolition but got delayed in November 7th and currently unknown if they'll continue.
