Six Flags Inc.

A Man is Suing Six Flags After Getting Booted Off the Aquaman Ride for Not Having Hands

Clint Bench was born with with a congenital deformity that prevented his arms from fully forming. That didn't stop him from going to college, getting married, having children or from riding roller coasters at Six Flags Over Texas. He's done pretty much all of them: Batman, the Texas Giant, the Flash ... More >>

One Month Before Six Flags Shuts it Down, an Ode to the Flashback

Six Flags was a summer ritual when I grew up in North Texas. Getting dropped off by parents as far from the gate as possible, stuffing oneself with overpriced, sticky-sweet funnel cakes, trying to get a basketball through an undersized and slightly lopsided hoop for the plush Looney Toons character. ... More >>

Slurpees and Roller Coasters: Six Flags and 7-Eleven Have Conspired for July 11

Have you had your eye on the Titan at Six Flags for a while, but couldn't stomach the price of admission to the park? Well, we found your opening. Next Wednesday is July 11, and, as usual, you'll be able to partake in a 7.11 ounce Slurpee "on the house" at 7-Elevens everywhere, while supplies las ... More >>

The Good Friday Edition of Good Friday, With Acid Mothers Temple, The Singapore Slingers, Pontiak and More

If you live in or have passed through Deep Ellum in the last few days, you've noticed the white tents crowding the streets. That's because it's time for the Deep Ellum Arts Festival. The event, which has seen better days, is now in its 17th year, and will feature performances from The Virgin Wolves, ... More >>

Think Ink

Mellow Mushroom and Grease Monky Burger Arrive on Arlington's Resurging Dining Scene

Lauren Drewes DanielsNew Mellow Mushroom in Central Arlington​See, you have to understand. This has been a long time coming. Sure, Arlington has some fine entertainment venues, but the restaurants surrounding said venues are like the high fructose corn syrup of eateries -- okay in small quanti ... More >>

Whitt's End: 7.22.11

​Whether you've reached the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Dear NFL owners, you're a slimy lot. Signed, Everyone. Basically on Thursday the owners ratified a proposal, not an agreement. They made a deal with themselves. Then -- with darting eyes th ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: All Time Low at House of Blues and The Campaign at Lola's

Kind of a slow Monday evening as far as music goes. But there's still a few shows worth going out to see, if you're up to it -- if only to toast the fact that the Cowboys actually can win a game.

The Frozen Fracas: Pink Thing vs. Lemon Chill

​Angus Wynne Jr. is credited for many things in his long life and illustrious career. Besides developing a major portion of Oak Cliff in a post WWII building frenzy, he also played a major role in saving Love Field from the clutches of a monopoly that gripped the airport tightly in the hands ... More >>

Whitt's End: 7.2.10

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *Like you, I'm beyond frustration at the Texas Rangers' financial state. Chuck Greenberg, as I wrote in April, is the best man for the job. And I still believe he and Nolan Ryan will wind up ownin ... More >>

Six Flags Moving the Bossman to Dallas

WFMU​Actually, if I'm not mistaken, Six Flags's corporate offices in the DFW are in Grand Prairie on Avenue J East. But today -- which marks the amusement park's return to the New York Stock Exchange following Chapter 11 reorganization -- Six Flags announced that Al Weber Jr., its president and i ... More >>

A New Day Dawns

Noah W. BaileyHistory is upon us.​Chick-Fil-A's Spicy Chicken SandwichDude Factor: 10, or Foghorn Leghorn, on a scale of 1 (Camilla), to 10.A few weeks back it came to our attention that Chick-Fil-A was taking reservations for free VIP samples of its new spicy chicken sandwich, a fact that sent wa ... More >>

Picture Show: Bamboozle Road Show at Six Flags

Rachel ParkerYou know your remember Hanson.​Headliners Boys Like Girls, All Time Low, Forever the Sickest Kids and Good Charlotte played Six Flags in Arlington as part of a five-city tour in the Summer heat on Saturday.Was that it? Nope. Girls swarmed, threw signed bras on stage, and Hanson played ... More >>

Now They Really Have Something To Be Sad About: Six Flags Maces Emo Kids During All Time Low's Bamboozle Roadshow Performance.

Aside from rickety roller coasters and sunburns, if there's one thing you can expect to see at a Six Flags, it's rowdy kids. So maybe it's not all that surprising that, at Saturday's Bamboozle Roadshow deal at Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington (check out our slide show here), some of the tweens watc ... More >>

On The Range: Machacado Con Huevos

​On The Range is a weekly exploration of the history and lore of Texas menu items.Growing up, the most magical place in the world was not Six Flags, Playland Park, or Disney World. Nope, not even the State Fair of Texas. You see, the place near and dear to every child's heart--before the inventio ... More >>

Slowly But Surely, One Piece At a Time, Six Flags' Texas Giant is Coming Down

Photos by Patrick MichelsAfter dishing out 19 years of memories and spinal trauma, the Texas Giant finally got what's coming to it this morning.​Nearly every day for 12 years, Dannie Lancaster has climbed the Texas Giant to help keep Six Flags' wooden flagship roller coaster running as safely, if ... More >>

Errol McKoy, State Fair President, Talks About Why Fair Park Needs That Big Green House

This, per the State Fair's plans sent to Landmark last week, is more or less what the green house will look like. And where it'll go. Sorry for the quality; best we could do with what we got.​Finally spoke with Errol McKoy about that green house he's wanting to plant at Fair Park; our Q&A foll ... More >>

Weekend Roundup: Paul van Dyk, Ben Kweller, Boys Like Girls, Leftover Crack

Paul van Dyk at Lizard Lounge on Thursday, June 25Although electronic music may have lost some ground in Dallas music scene since the 1990s, nearly 1,000 people made it out to Paul Van Dyk's dance party set at the Lizard Lounge.

Band Shell Diva

Ya Know, the State Fair Really Wasn't Ready for That "Year-Round" Announcement Just Yet

City of DallasTurns out, Errol McKoy didn't wake up Monday morning with any intention of announcing plans to turn Fair Park into a year-round destination complete with towering rides and rollering coasters. Matter of fact, he says he expected -- still does -- to hold "a massive press conference" in, ... More >>

No Voting Required

Dallas, these are your American Idols

In Fort Worth Federal Court, a Complex Fight Concerning Arlington and Jerryworld

The Enclave at Arlington apartment complex touts itself as "within walking distance of the Texas Rangers Ballpark, Hurricane Harbor, and Six Flags," and is now more or less a next-door neighbor of Jerry Jones's Enormodome. And, courtesy the Courthouse News Service, we find that the owners of the com ... More >>

The Hophead: New Beers Eve

Champagne for my real friends, real pain for my sham friends. --Francis Bacon (whose friends may have liked him more if he'd offered beer instead) If you like the nut-to-butt proximity of strangers in lines for Six Flags rides but don't like roller coasters, I highly recommend Central Market on t ... More >>

The Shock Wave Felt 'Round the Amusement Park Business

Racists Wear the Darnedest Tees

Review: Olenjack's Grille

Olenjack's focuses its attention where it belongs—on food

See You at the Fair

This One's For You, Angus Wynne

All That Glitters

A WASP in bling mines comedy gold

PETA, Don't You Have Anything Better to Do?

Which Voice?

Weekend Christian concerts approach the cross from opposite sides

Slime Time

Scare Grounds

Coasters for Christ

The One Voice concert series at Six Flags Over Texas is all about Jesus. Unless, of course, you ask Six Flags Over Texas.

Like Bunnies

Hop over to the mall for Easter

This Week's Day-By-Day Picks

Best Kids Outing

Burger's Lake

Roller Ghoster

Park It

It's a winter wonderland

Scary Stuff

More than prices are frightening now

Clash of Symbols

Six Flags is teaching Texology, and we've got a few suggestions

Life's Not Fair

Where can you get funnel cakes now that the State Fair is over?

Little wooden men

Puppetmasters pull a Beauty

Night & Day

May 27 - June 2, 1999

Night & Day

March 18 - 24, 1999

Buzz

Gathering steam

Brian Houser hopes that a new album will add momentum to his career

Events for the week

Letters

Watching bread rise

Fairmount St. Cafe capitalizes on the bakery craze