Six Flags Over Texas
Ride Name Year Opened Manufacturer/Ride Type Other Notes
Mini Mine Train 1969 Arrow / Mine train roller coaster Located next to the bigger Runaway Mine Train and Mr . Freeze . Track modified slightly in 1997 when Mr . Freeze was built next to/over parts of the track
Pandemonium 2008 Gerstlauer / Spinning roller coaster Originally named Tony Hawk 's Big Spin
Runaway Mine Train 1966 Arrow Development / Mine train roller coaster First Arrow mine train coaster
Six Flags & Texas Railroad 1961 3 ft ( 914 mm ) narrow gauge train ride around the park Stations are the Texas Depot and Boomtown Depot
The Gunslinger 1983 Chance Rides Yo-Yo swings ride Ride was named Texas Tornado until 2007
Areas and attractions -- Boomtown
The Boomtown section opened in 1963 . It is based on the Texas boomtowns that sprung up in Texas during the oil boom era . Attractions :
Six Flags Over Texas is a 212-acre (86 ha) theme park located in Arlington, Texas, east of Fort Worth and about 15 miles (24 km) west of Dallas. It was the first Six Flags Theme Park, but because of later acquisitions it is not the oldest park of the Six Flags chain (that particular title is held by Six Flags New England). The park opened on August 5, 1961, following just a year of construction and an initial investment of US$10 million by real estate developer Angus G. Wynne, Jr. The park is managed by the Six Flags Entertainment Corp., which also owns 53.1% interest of the Texas Limited Partnership that owns the park. A similar arrangement exists with the partnership that owns Six Flags Over Georgia. Six Flags Over Texas Fund, Ltd, a private-equity and asset management firm headed by Dallas businessman Jack Knox, purchased the park in 1969. Over the years the various companies that managed the park, exercised options to purchase interest in the fund. Six Flags Entertainment has an option to purchase the remaining 46.9% in 2028. Starting in 1991, the park was managed by Time Warner Entertainment. In 1998, Time Warner sold its interests in the Six Flags parks to Premier Parks of Oklahoma City, which later changed its name to Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc.