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A list of events that occurred in 2001 related to Six Flags.
Timeline[]
January[]
- January 3 – The Joker's Revenge closes at Six Flags Fiesta Texas.
- January 10 - Anheuser-Busch, the owners of the SeaWorld chain, announced to sell SeaWorld Ohio to Six Flags for $110 million. The deal would allow the park to merge with Six Flags Ohio and its campground offerings into a large entertainment complex known as Six Flags Worlds of Adventure.
- January 15 - Six Flags European Parks announces the official rebranding of Walibi Wavre as Six Flags Belgium for the 2001 season, with the Walibi characters being replaced with the Looney Tunes and the DC Comics heroes as the park's new mascots.
March[]
- March 1 – Six Flags Great America announces the addition of two new "monster roller coasters", Vertical Velocity and Déjà Vu, for the park's 2001 season.
- March 3 – Looney Tunes USA opens at Six Flags Over Texas.
- March 10 – Wile E. Coyote's Grand Canyon Blaster opens at Six Flags Over Texas.
- March 17 – Six Flags Discovery Kingdom opens for the 2001 season.
April[]
- April 7
- Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom opens for the 2001 season.
- Nitro opens at Six Flags Great Adventure.
- April 27 – Titan opens at Six Flags Over Texas.
- April 28 – Six Flags Belgium opens for the 2001 season, bringing in two new coasters - Cobra and Loup-Garou, as well as the Bugs Bunny Land children's area.
May[]
- May 4 – The City of Montreal sells La Ronde to Six Flags for $20 million USD, signing an emphyteutic lease for them to operate the park until 2065.
- May 12 – Acrophobia opens at Six Flags Over Georgia.
- May 18 – Vertical Velocity opens at Six Flags Great America.
June[]
- June 4 – Six Flags World's Fair begins at Six Flags St. Louis.
- June 8 – V2: Vertical Velocity opens at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.
- June 16 – Batwing opens at Six Flags America.
- June 24 – Six Flags World's Fair ends at Six Flags St. Louis.
July[]
- July 14 – Mýa in concert at Six Flags St. Louis.
- July 30
- Soul Lift at Six Flags St. Louis.
- O.C. Supertones in concert at Six Flags St. Louis.
- Soul Lift at Six Flags St. Louis.
August[]
- August 11 – Alabama in concert at Six Flags St. Louis.
- August 18
- Christian Family Day at Six Flags St. Louis.
- Newsboys in concert at Six Flags St. Louis.
- Christian Family Day at Six Flags St. Louis.
September[]
- September 22 – Dwight Yoakam in concert at Six Flags St. Louis.
- September 28 – Fright Fest 2001 begins at Six Flags Great Adventure.
October[]
- October 5 – Fright Fest 2001 begins at Six Flags St. Louis.
- October 28
- Fright Fest 2001 ends at Six Flags Great Adventure.
- Fright Fest 2001 ends at Six Flags St. Louis.
Anniversaries[]
- June 5 – 30th anniversary of Six Flags St. Louis.
- June 12 – 25th anniversary of Texas Cyclone at AstroWorld.
