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Six Flags Great America has announced plans to open for this first time this year, but not in the way many fans might think. While there won’t be any rides, the park announced Thursday that it plans to open as a holiday lights experience with “over two and a half million dazzling lights” beginning Nov. 27. “Visiting Great America’s...

Six Flags announced Tuesday its amusement parks, including Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, will require guests and employees to use updated precautionary measures as the parks prepare to reopen soon. The announcement came in light of new businesses reopening in Illinois and part of the Midwest amid the coronavirus pandemic. When amusement parks are able to open, Six Flags…

Six Flags Great America has delayed its summer opening, the Gurnee theme park announced, as it “remains committed to the health and safety of park guests and team members” during the coronavirus outbreak. Six Flags will “open in mid-May, or as soon as possible thereafter,” according to a park statement on Monday. “While there have been no reported cases of…

Six Flags Great America and Hurricane Harbor Chicago have its sights set on the 2020 season with plans to hire 4,000 people for roles ranging from lifeguards to ride operators to park services. Daily interviews begin Monday, Feb. 10, from noon- 6 p.m. on Monday through Friday and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday at the Great America employment…

Six Flags Great America and Hurricane Harbor Chicago are planning to hire 4,000 people for roles ranging from lifeguards to ride operators to park services.

Six Flags Great America is surging into the record books with a new ride.

Six Flags Great America is surging into the record books with a new ride.

Adrenaline junkies will be able to get their fill beginning on April 19 as Six Flags Great America is set to open for the season, and the park will debut an incredible new roller coaster later this summer.

Six Flags Great America is looking to hire thousands of people to fill roles at the iconic theme park this year, officials announced Monday.

Six Flags Great America has transformed into a winter wonderland for the first time ever.

Following outrage that a Willowbrook sterilization plant has been pumping a cancer-causing gas into the air, a new report indicates two other production facilities in Chicago suburbs have also been emitting the toxic gas – unbeknownst to residents.

Following outrage that a Willowbrook sterilization plant has been pumping a cancer-causing gas into the air, a new report indicates two other production facilities in Chicago suburbs have also been emitting the toxic gas – unbeknownst to residents. Ash-har Quraishi reports.

These participants were only allowed one bathroom break per hour, just 13 minutes of phone time, receive 15-minute meal breaks—all done inside the coffin as participants would be eliminated.

If your October itinerary includes Halloween festivities at a theme park, you have some solid options in the Midwest, according to a new reader poll.

Video shows a fight that left two juvenile girls in police custody at Six Flags Great America over the weekend.

Gurnee police responded to a massive disturbance at Six Flags Great America on Friday after two girls got into a fight at the theme park.

Six Flags Great America is back this season and bigger than before.

Six Flags Great America’s newest coaster, the Mardi Gras Hangover, is the largest loop coaster in the world, according to the park.

The season at Six Flags Great America is about to kick off, but just days before the gates open, the amusement park made a big new announcement.