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Message: [QUOTE="Flipside, post: 5326123, member: 13256"] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rentschler_Field']Rentschler Field - Wikipedia[/URL] "In the mid-1990s, the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags']Six Flags[/URL] corporation considered using the vacated acreage as the site for a new amusement park property, following community pushback in the southeastern Connecticut tourist area surrounding their plan to use property in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonington,_Connecticut']Stonington, Connecticut[/URL] under an agreement with the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashantucket_Pequot_Tribal_Nation']Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation[/URL]. City of East Hartford leadership supported the introduction of a Six Flags park to Rentschler Field, with key points including the site's large size, proximity to Hartford and central location near major thoroughfares [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_91']Interstate 91[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_84_in_Connecticut']Interstate 84[/URL], with the possibility to attract people from [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City']New York City[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston,_Massachusetts']Boston, Massachusetts[/URL] in addition to Southern New England. At the time, Six Flags was also considering alternate locations in Connecticut and Rhode Island. Then-governor [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_G._Rowland']John G. Rowland[/URL] stated that he would support and enjoy a new Six Flags amusement park in East Hartford, but that [B]the State of Connecticut would not provide additional funds to establish the project[/B]. In 1998, Six Flags parent company [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Warner']Time Warner Entertainment[/URL] opted to sell the division to competitor Premier Parks, the owners of nearby Riverside Park (now known as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Flags_New_England']Six Flags New England[/URL]) in Agawam, Massachusetts. The deal extinguished the desire to construct an additional park in Connecticut." [/QUOTE]

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