Frontier City

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Frontier City is a small amusement park located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It was originally operated by Premier Parks (now known as Six Flags) and was Premier's first and flagship park. Six Flags' corporate headquarters were located at the southeast corner of the Frontier City property until early 2006.

1 History
2 Rollercoasters
3 Other rides
4 External links

[edit] History

Frontier City was originally opened in 1958 as a Western "theme town".

On January 27, 2006, Six Flags announced it would be selling Frontier City as well as the White Water Bay water park, both located in Oklahoma City, at the conclusion of the 2006 operating season. At the same time, Six Flags also announced its plan to close corporate offices in Oklahoma City and move corporate operations to New York City. Six Flags CEO Mark Shapiro said he expects the parks to continue operation after the sale.

On January 11, 2007, Six Flags announced that it would sell Frontier City and White Water Bay (among other parks) to PARC 7F-Operations. [1] Both parks will be open for the 2007 season.

[edit] Rollercoasters

Frontier City currently has three operating rollercoasters.

The Wildcat is a wood hybrid, "out and back" coaster consisting of a wooden track with structural steel supports. Originally built in 1968, it was designed by Aurel Vaszin and Edward Leis for National Amusement Device Company for Fairyland Park in Kansas City, MO. It was relocated to Frontier City in 1991 and was one of the first complete relocations of a wooden coaster. The original coaster was modified to fit the terrain of the current site. In 1999, the original NAD trains were replaced by new Philadelphia Toboggan Company trains.

The Silver Bullet is a steel coaster designed by Anton Schwarzkopf. The Silver Bullet was originally built to be a completely portable coaster. There are no concrete footings holding the coaster down like permanent structures. Instead, water-filled ballasts hold the weight of the coaster down. Operating since 1979, it had a brief position at the Texas State Fair from 1980-1983. It was relocated to Frontier City in 1986. Since being at Frontier City, it has gone through many color schemes including blue/black, and teal/red.

The Diamondback, originally built in 1978, is a "shuttle loop" rollercoaster manufactured by Arrow Dynamics. Originally named the "Lightning Loops," it was relocated from Six Flags Great Adventure to Frontier City in 1994. At Great Adventure, it had been interlocked with an identical launched loop coaster which gave it the name "Lightning Loops".

The Nightmare Mine is a "Galaxi" style coaster built as an indoor attraction at Frontier City in 1989. Prior to that it had been an outdoor roller coaster known as the Orange Blossom Special built in 1974 by S.D.C. The Nightmare Mine has been closed since 2004 and is currently still in "SBNO" status.

[edit] Other rides

The most recent rides built at Frontier City are the Eruption, a S&S Power Sky Sling built in 2003, and The Hangman, a Chance tower/drop ride in which riders sit around a square tower tower in a ring of seats harnessed to a cable system which rockets them into the air where they "hang" for several moments before plummeting back down to the ground.