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A list of events that occurred in 1998 related to Six Flags.
Timeline[]
February[]
- February 10 - Premier Parks announces that they will purchase the Six Flags chain from Time Warner and Boston Ventures for $1.86 billion, becoming Premier's largest purchase and allowing the company to include the Warner Bros. licenses throughout their parks.
March[]
- March 14 – Taz's Texas Tornado opens at Six Flags AstroWorld.
April[]
- April 1 – Six Flags' sale to Premier Parks is officially closed, merging their parks into Premier's operations.
- April 4 – The Riddler's Revenge opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
- April 9 – Six Flags Great Adventure opens for the 1998 season.
- April 18 – 23 riders on the Demon roller coaster at Six Flags Great America are stranded upside-down in the middle of the ride's second vertical loop. Firefighters used a cherry picker to bring riders to safety, although some were on the ride for as long as three hours. The incident was the result of a mechanical failure.
May[]
- May 23 – Warner Bros. Country begins at Six Flags Great America.
June[]
- June 21 - Kentucky Kingdom is renamed Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, becoming the first Premier-owned property to rebrand under the Six Flags moniker.
- Twisted Sisters opens at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom.
September[]
- September 7 – Warner Bros. Country ends at Six Flags Great America.
October[]
- October 2 – Fright Fest 1998 begins at Six Flags Great Adventure.
- October 9 – Fright Fest 1998 begins at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
- October 10 – Fright Fest 1998 begins at Six Flags Great America.
- October 29 - Premier Parks announces that they will rebrand a select number of their parks under the Six Flags moniker. The change would also bring along the Warner Bros. licenses to the parks.
- Adventure World would gain over $27 Million worth of improvements and changes, and would rebrand as Six Flags America.
- The New Marine World, Darien Lake, and Elitch Gardens would also adorn the Six Flags name, becoming Six Flags Marine World, Six Flags Darien Lake, and Six Flags Elitch Gardens.
November[]
- November 1
- Fright Fest 1998 ends at Six Flags Great Adventure.
- Fright Fest 1998 ends at Six Flags Great America
- November 18 - Premier Parks takes full ownership of Six Flags Fiesta Texas.
Unknown[]
- ? – Scream opens at Six Flags New England.
Anniversaries[]
- April 22 – 20th anniversary of Shock Wave at Six Flags Over Texas.
