“I will say that I worked hard with the park and the county to get them open. “It delivers significant tourism and economic development in the form of the Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) to the City’s general fund and the Vallejo Tourism Business Improvement District (VTBID) assessment by the lodging community.”ĭew said Six Flags has been an important outlet for Vallejoans as much as tourists during COVID-19.Īfter a March pandemic shutdown, Six Flags re-invented itself, reverting to its animal showcase days in offering “The Marine World Experience” and adding a drive-up Holiday in the Park. 2 employer in Vallejo during non-pandemic summer seasons “and a welcome member of this community,” Browne said. “It is our understanding that they are happy here in Vallejo and look forward to making Vallejo their home for many years to come. Neither does Visit Vallejo, the city’s tourist arm, but “I can clarify that Visit Vallejo has not heard anything about Six Flags Discovery Kingdom moving to Fresno,” said Visit Valljo president and CEO Michael Browne. Six Flags spokesman Marc-Angelo Merino said it’s the park’s policy “that we don’t comment on rumors.” With Six Flags owning the 135 acres its on - with an agreement to split parking revenue - “I wouldn’t imagine they’d be going anywhere. The park manager informed them that she had spoken directly to the corporate office inquiring about the rumor, and they verified that there was absolutely no truth to this story.” “Councilmember (Pippin) Dew and Mayor (Robert) McConnell both spoke with the park manager about this rumor. “I have heard this baseless rumor about the park leaving Vallejo, and according to park officials, it sounds as if there is absolutely no truth to this report, and the source reporting this is incorrect,” Nyhoff said. Vallejo City Manager Greg Nyhoff put his thumb down on any Vallejo-to-Fresno move. The Times-Herald received an email late Thursday from a citizen claiming that Six Flags is “eventually going to move out of its present location to Fresno” presumably because the park was dissatisfied with the alleged slow progress of Mare Island and the Solano County Fairgrounds’ 360 Project. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom has anchored itself in Vallejo since relocating from Redwood City in 1987 and rumors of the theme park sniffing around Fresno are unfounded, according to Vallejo city officials.
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