Six Flags Inc. announced today that it will develop a new theme park in Dubai.

The park will be part of a 3-billion-square-foot project that will include restaurants, hotels, as well as Universal Studios and DreamWorks theme parks.

Six Flags is expected to break ground on the park in 2009.

"This is a historic day for our company," Six Flags President and CEO Mark Shapiro said in a statement. "Expanding Six Flags beyond our current North American borders validates the growing strength and momentum of our brand."

"We now have the opportunity to create a world-class theme park destination that will allow guests from around the globe to experience Six Flags' unique combination of thrills and entertainment."

The project is a partnership between Six Flags Inc. and Tatweer, a member of Dubai Holding. This is the first Six Flags project to be developed outside North America.

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Feb. 4th, 2008 -- Via Press Release: PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Six Flags, Inc. (NYSE: SIX) announced today the launch of its new comprehensive media solution, Six Flags Media Networks. Within this new platform, Six Flags will house all of its media touch points that go far and beyond that of traditional advertising. Six Flags Media Networks partner with local, regional and national advertising capabilities and includes: Six Flags Television, Six Flags Radio, Six Flags Print, Six Flags Outdoor, Six Flags Outdoor Spectacular, Six Flags Attraction Integration, Six Flags Experiential Marketing and Six Flags Online.

Six Flags Television:

Launching in March 2008, Six Flags Television will be the preeminent
interactive outdoor television networks. As guests wait in queue lines,
they will be presented with interactive entertainment and relevant content. Displayed on 45" plasma TVs, Six Flags Television allows guests to enjoy seamlessly integrated entertainment and promotions and will contain Bluetooth technology for instant downloads and exclusive music videos, text-n-win capabilities and ring tones.

Six Flags Radio:

Six Flags Radio is broadcasted throughout all 21 Six Flags parks and
will broadcast demographically and thematically-targeted content,
commercials and announcements.

Six Flags Print:

Home to the Park Map & Guides and daily schedules, Six Flags Print will
distribute over nine million pieces between April and October. This entity
is one of the most heavily distributed publications during this time
period.

Six Flags Outdoor:

Six Flags Outdoor is the newest in outdoor advertising. This arm of Six
Flags Media Networks will include rotational signage, Cool Media
Interactive Signage with Bluetooth capabilities. These signs are dispersed throughout each of our parks and will have the capability to illuminate and mist to cool you off on those hot days.

Six Flags Outdoor Spectacular:

Six Flags Outdoor Spectacular allows advertisers to display marquee
advertising throughout our parks. This includes parking, maingate, ride and venue entranceway signage as well as in-park promotional displays that give advertisers in-park real estate to display their products.

Six Flags Attraction Integration:

This arm of Six Flags Media Networks allows advertisers to display
signage on roller coasters, queue lines and water rides. Partners are able to take advantage of our unique park attractions and integrate them into their key advertising strategies.

Six Flags Experiential Marketing:

This component provides advertisers the opportunity to engage in
one-on- one interaction with guests. Examples of this form of marketing
throughout its parks include the Wii Experience, a hands-on interactive
gaming station for guests to enjoy their favorite Wii video games.

Six Flags Online:

SixFlags.com reaches more than 34 million unique users on an annual
basis. As part of the Six Flags Media Networks, advertisers will now have access to exclusive online promotional offerings, sweepstakes, banner media and streaming video commercials.

"Six Flags Media Networks now opens the door for Six Flags, Inc. to
provide our guests with an even bigger and better experience when they walk through our park gates," said Lou Koskovolis, Executive VP, Corporate Alliance and Sponsorship, "This interactive network also provides a stellar platform for advertisers to reach a captive audience and promote relevant products and gives us the opportunity to communicate, educate and entertain our guests."

About Six Flags, Inc.:

Six Flags, Inc. is the world's largest regional theme park company with
21 parks across the United States, Mexico and Canada. Founded in 1961, Six Flags has provided world class entertainment for millions of families with cutting edge, record-shattering roller coasters and appointment programming with events like the popular Thursday and Sunday Night Concert Series. Now 47 years strong, Six Flags is recognized as the preeminent thrill innovator while reaching to all demographics - families, teens, tweens and thrill seekers alike - with themed attractions based on the Looney Tunes characters, the Justice League of America, skateboarding legend Tony Hawk, The Wiggles and Thomas the Tank Engine. Six Flags, Inc. is a publicly-traded corporation (NYSE: SIX) headquartered in New York City.

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The opening weekend is coming upon us very soon. It is looking to be a promising year from many different viewpoints. Many features will be entering the park, however, some things will be leaving. This article will discuss some of these changes more in depth so many of you will understand upon your next visit to the park.

The Flash Pass system this year is completely brand new. Instead of scanning a series of boxes in order to enter the attraction, guests will now be able to simply reserve their attraction from their pager-like object. There will be no time limit on your reservation once your time has come up. The ride reservation will stay on the pager until you decide to use it.

In other general attractions, this year the park will be getting a new roller coaster entitled Tony Hawk's Big Spin. If you would like to know more about Tony Hawk's Big Spin, please look at the ride page as it will provide much more information. This attraction will be taking the general area of the USA Stage and Wildcatter site. Also, in the Adventure Theater, there will be a new presentation. It is entitled Fly Me To The Moon and features flies as they take an adventure to the moon. It is based off of a feature film that is set to come out this August. As far as entertainment, there will be a new major game coming to the park this year. It is a 3-Point Challenge and will be found by the Attitudes shop and Aquaman Splashdown.

The rides of Texas Giant, Titan, Mr. Freeze, and Batman: The Ride will be getting ride lockers this year. These lockers will be at a fee of $1.00 and is an overall attempt to prevent loose articles from being lost or stolen. You can place these articles in these lockers before you get onto the attraction to help eliminate these actions. These lockers are one-time-use only. Articles will not be allowed to be left on the ride dock once you have boarded the ride like you would have previously been able to do. It is safe to say that more ride lockers will probably appear within the next few years.

In the queue lines of some of the more major attractions will be new flat screen televisions. Along with these new televisions comes Six Flags Television. This is a network in which guests will be entertained and be shown relevant information while waiting in lines for some of the attractions. This new network will also feature a Bluetooth system in which will enable guests to access instant downloads, text and win sweepstakes, etc.

Shockwave is also going under a major retracking and is scheduled to reopen in April. This is a project that will span over the time of 3 years and is an attempt to save the landmark attraction in the park.

Cirque Dreams Coobrila will be coming back to the Time Warner Cable Ampitheater and is expected to have some new acts within the show. This will be occurring in the summer, such as last year. Also, brand new to the park, are brand new video production shows featured in the Majestic Theater and Southern Palace Theater. If you want to know more about all of these shows, including the new Thursday Night Concert Series, then please view the 2008 Entertainment page.

Opening weekend is March 1st, 2008, this Saturday. Its looking up to be a great year and we hope that you all will be a part of it. We hope to see you this opening weekend. We also plan on posting more updates on the park's status within the following months as construction and the season advances.

The USA Stage has now been completely demolished for the continuing construction of Tony Hawk's Big Spin. Footers and piers have now been constructed on the site, and construction slowly continues on the ride. We hope to expect the ride to be complete by May of 2008. As the USA Stage has been demolished, it is expected that activities usually found on the USA Stage will be happening in the Texas Arena.

Fly Me To The Moon will be coming to the Adventure Theater for the 2008 Season, replacing Spongebob Squarepants 4D. Fly Me To The Moon is about a story of 3 tween-aged flies that strap up and, just like the Apollo 11 adventure, take an exciting adventure to the moon. This show will be shown in 3D, with glasses and moving seats. The show is based off of a feature-length movie that is scheduled to come out this summer. More information will be posted soon.