That’s what makes seeing that sign after a long trip away such a profound experience. Nothing beats that feeling because ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: The video attached to this story is from a previous WGN Morning News segment about Six Flags Great America. Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, the parent company that owns Six Flags ...

GURNEE, Ill. (WGN) — Just over a month ahead of the park’s opening day, Six Flags Great America announced plans to celebrate the park’s 50th anniversary season. The theme park first opened to the ...

Six Flags Great America in Gurnee is adding several new events for its 2026 summer season as part of its 50th anniversary, with throwback experiences, food and more. The events comes as the park, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Just over a month ahead of the park’s opening day, Six Flags Great America announced plans to ...

Since opening as Marriott’s Great America in 1976, millions of visitors over generations have seen the theme park in Gurnee evolve and expand. Known for most of its existence as Six Flags Great ...

Six Flags will unload a handful of its smallest properties to Enchanted Parks so the nation’s largest amusement park chain can better focus on top money-making locations like Knott’s Berry Farm and ...

Six Flags is selling off seven of its beloved parks. On Thursday, March 5, the theme park parent company, Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, announced that it would be selling Michigan's Adventure ...

The amusement park company previously closed its Six Flags America and Hurricane Harbor water park in Bowie, Md., in November 2025 after 50 years Marina Watts is a Digital Writer, Music at PEOPLE. She ...