EntertainmentWednesday, November 11
California's Great America will close for good after a 2027 Farewell Season
The SJtoday team
If Great America is on your someday list, someday is next summer. Six Flags announced Friday that 2027 will be the Santa Clara park's Farewell Season, and the final day of operation will be Labor Day, Sept. 6.
Great America's final season follows a 2022 land sale
- March 1976California's Great America opens in Santa Clara.
- 2022Prologis buys the park's land for $310 million and leases it back.
- 2024Cedar Fair and Six Flags merge.
- Nov. 6Six Flags announces 2027 will be the Farewell Season.
- March 2027The park will reopen for its Farewell Season.
- Sept. 2027The park's final day of operation will be Labor Day.
Sources: The Korea Daily, Local News Matters
The park's 112 acres were sold in 2022 to Prologis for $310 million, and the park has leased the land since. Six Flags decided against extending that lease, which was set to expire in mid-2028.
Great America sits on 112 acres that sold for $310 million
- $310 million
- paid for the park's land in 2022
- 112 acres
- of land the park sits on
- 9
- roller coasters
- 40+
- attractions in all
Sources: The Korea Daily, Local News Matters
- Farewell Season opens: March 2027
- Water park: included among the more than 40 attractions
- Lease extension option: mid-2033, which Six Flags won't use
- Farewell Season event schedule: not released yet
Sources: Local News Matters, The Korea Daily