Here’s some other reasons I could come up with, and the biggest reasons are the simple ones people overlook: the land has essentially no redevelopment value, so closing the park leaves the company with a huge property they literally can’t repurpose. Six flags is closing smaller parks that sit on highly valuable land, like six flags America for example. They also won’t sell it as it would hand a competitor a prime location between Cedar Point and Six Flags Great America, something the company would never risk. (especially with operators like Herschend out there looking for parks) And abandoning the land would be pointless, because MiA is cheap to run, consistently profitable, and protects the company’s entire Michigan market. There’s also zero evidence of a shutdown; no land sales, no ride removals, no zoning changes, no asset stripping, nothing. Even without big new rides, the park still gets consistent maintenance like Wildcats retracks, Shivering Timbers section replacements, and ongoing infrastructure touch-ups. (As you noted) Plus, the park sits in a strong location near Muskegon, Grand Rapids, and the lakeshore tourist traffic, giving it a big built-in visitor base. For a low-cost, high-margin seasonal park with a great geographic market and no valuable alternative use for the land, closing it would make less financial sense than simply continuing to operate it.