Select Six Flags theme parks are laying out new rules for visitors as they prepare to open amid the coronavirus pandemic
, as part of an effort to track and lower attendance numbers. They will also require guests to wear face masks, undergo temperature checks and observe social distancing measures.You'll get the latest updates on this topic in your browser notifications.
In addition, Six Flags is also testing new systems to keep people further apart and reduce face-to-face interactions, such as mobile ordering, cashless transactions and virtual queuing. They will also increase sanitization schedules and install hand-sanitizing stations throughout the parks. Six Flags theme parks across the country officially halted operations at the end of March in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19.During a conference call with analysts on April 30, Six Flags CEO Michael Spanos laid out the health and safety plan for when the company’s amusement parks do reopen, according to the"We are committed to taking the necessary measures to make our guests comfortable visiting our parks," Spanos stated on the call.
Targeting six locations in Georgia, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Mexico to open first, he added, "Those would seem to be the areas right now where we're watching the state or the country dynamics that would suggest, ideally, we could open at some point, hopefully in the summer. But again, time will tell.”
On March 30, park officials said the target reopening date would be mid-May, “or as soon as possible thereafter." No dates have yet been confirmed.
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