SIX FLAGS ANNOUNCES BACK-TO-SCHOOL BLAST NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES & CONCERT SERIES

SIX FLAGS ANNOUNCES BACK-TO-SCHOOL BLAST NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES & CONCERT SERIES

NEW YORK, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Six Flags, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SIXFQ), the world's largest regional theme park company, is celebrating Back-to-School 2009 with the Six Flags Back-to-School Blast featuring a national sweepstakes and an exciting concert series with some of today's hottest talent.

The national Six Flags Back-to-School Blast Sweepstakes runs through September 30. Entrants can register at www.sixflagsbacktoschoolblast.com for a chance to win one of three grand prizes:

   --  Ultimate Wardrobe presented by Signature by Levi Strauss & Co.(TM)       inclusive of a new back-to-school denim wardrobe;   --  Ultimate Road Trip presented by got2b inclusive of 25 tickets to the       winner's nearest Six Flags location and got2b styling products;    --  Ultimate Study Break featuring an all-inclusive video gaming package       from Konami Digital Entertainment, featuring such titles as       DanceDanceRevolution : Hottest Party 3, Pro Evolution Soccer 2010,       Karaoke Revolution  and Tornado Outbreak.   

The sweepstakes is being promoted on sixflags.com and a variety of in-park media assets including Six Flags Television, scrolling signage, billboards and jumbotron networks.

The Back-to-School Blast concert series, sponsored by got2b is the must-see event of the season starring chart-topping recording artists like One Republic, Flo Rida, and Soulja Boy. The series will make stops at the following parks: Six Flags America in Bowie, MD; Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington, TX; Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio, TX; Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ; Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, CA; Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois; Six Flags St. Louis in Eureka, MO and Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, KY. The concerts are free with a Season Pass or park admission.

"We're thrilled about our first-ever Back-to-School Blast Sweepstakes and Concert Series," said David McKillips, Senior Vice President, Corporate Alliances. "With the combination of our existing in-park media assets and now, a new concert series with experiential marketing benefits and a promotional mini-site, the BTS Blast event continues to prove that Six Flags is both an exciting entertainment venue as well as a marketer's greatest untapped resource."

About Six Flags

Six Flags, Inc. is a publicly-traded corporation headquartered in New York City and is the world's largest regional theme park company with 20 parks across the United States, Mexico and Canada.

SIX FLAGS and all related indicia are trademarks of Six Flags Theme Parks Inc. , (TM) and 2009.

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CONTACT: Sandra Daniels of Six Flags, Inc., +1-212-652-9393,
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Web Site: http://www.sixflags.com/

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