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If it remains an amusement park, how much would Six Flags see it as competition with KD being two hours away and Dorney being three? I don't see United buying it at all since BGW is two and a half hours away. Herschend would be nice but I doubt they're looking to acquire any more parks at the moment given that they just picked up Kennywood, Idlewild, etc. earlier this year.

It looks like the discrepancy is that Six Flags wants to sell it to a developer but the municipality/locals want to keep it as a park. I'm sure it would be a similar situation to what is happening with CGA's land, where the city was going to try to save some of the park until the developer won out. Lots of people online also keep trying to choose which chain should buy up the land (there's also a lot of racism in the comments). Some are suggesting Herschend (very unlikely), others are suggesting United (maybe if the SeaWorld name didn't carry so much baggage), and a few just keep talking about how Six Flags and Cedar Fair chose where to invest. Then you have the commenters suggesting a new Universal park as everyone else tears up at the idea of Disney's America finally happening after nearly 30 years.  A new Disney's America would be interesting, and it wouldn't necessarily be the worst idea if Disney is willing to put a lot of work into it. A good amount of infrastructure is already there on site, there's already some general theming in place, and Six Flags will probably cart away whatever they can while leaving a largely blank slate. Most of the stuff behind Wild One would probably be completely redeveloped while the rest of the rides and coasters would be demolished and replaced. Universal just built a much bigger park from scratch. I can imagine there's at least one Imagineer who'll be pulling out their sketchbook this weekend and drafting ideas for a new Disney's America to be located near Bowie, MD.  I won't say it's likely at all, but again, it wouldn't be the worst idea for Disney to do it.

She specifically mentioned they want an amusement park in the video among other entertainment options. 

It is being sold for redevelopment.  Better info in this video. https://youtu.be/OgMeILBbjq4 Here is the property listing: https://www.cbredealflow.com/handler/modern.aspx?pv=Z-I9J549zUFsSziezRAUlDpkNDIIt7xMO5qE_h7gISzRPnQ5IPCRP7U1-PRJGopf#_top  

Interesting development. I wonder how many rides Six Flags will want to relocate, and of course there's the issue with having to re-theme everything, but there's a chance the park could be saved. https://attractionsmagazine.com/six-flags-america-for-sale-2025-washington-dc-largo-redevelopment/