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Six Flags Great America’s first-ever holiday drive-thru experience opens inside the theme park Wednesday.

Six Flags Great America announced Wednesday the opening of a holiday drive-thru experience inside the theme park.

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...

Hurricane Harbor Chicago will reopen for the 2020 season later this month with “extensive new safety measures and hygiene protocols,” the park announced Thursday. The waterpark is set to allow members and season pass holders from July 20-26. After that, the park will allow reduced attendance levels using a new reservation system. “Visiting Hurricane Harbor Chicago is a much loved…

In early 2020, the Six Flags theme park chain found itself facing extinction for the second time in about decade, this time due to the coronavirus pandemic. But investors say a recent influx of needed cash and a renewed focus on its core business have given it a solid chance of survival, and perhaps some good years ahead.  Often overshadowed by...

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 parks across the country and in Illinois will soon require guests to make reservations in order to enter. The move is in preparation for occupancy limits as states begin reopening during the coronavirus pandemic. “While specific caps on attendance have not been established or announced, the safety and well-being of our guests and team members is our top…

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has now revealed details on a five-phased plan to reopen Illinois as the state remains under a stay-at-home order through May 30.

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.

A brush fire in Valencia Sunday sent smoke billowing into the sky and prompting an evacuation of Magic Mountain and Six Flags Hurricane Harbor because of the air quality.

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.

The Six Flags in St. Louis, Missouri is challenging dwellers during the theme park’s Fright Fest 2018, to spend 30 hours straight inside a coffin in celebration of their ‘30 Years of Screams.’

Flooding caused traffic problems Tuesday in Chicago and in the suburbs.

Flooding caused traffic problems Tuesday in Chicago and in the suburbs. Patrick Fazio reports.