Wender·Vista
Six Flags New Orleans
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States
in New Orleans East, off Interstate 10

Six Flags New Orleans

— — the park the storm did not give back.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“The amusement park New Orleans East stopped using. Opened as Jazzland in 2000, rebranded Six Flags New Orleans in 2002, then drowned in the floods that followed Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 and never reopened. For nearly two decades the Mega Zeph wooden coaster stood among cypress and water, the entrance sign still up. The site is now being cleared. — from the studio

from the studio
Six Flags New Orleans
— bring it home

Six Flags New Orleans, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Six Flags New Orleans

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Six Flags New Orleans sits on 140 acres in New Orleans East, off Interstate 10 between the city and Lake Pontchartrain. The park opened in 2000 as Jazzland, was bought by Six Flags Inc. in 2002, and was rebranded under the Six Flags name the following year. It operated for five seasons. After Hurricane Katrina broke the levees on 29 August 2005, the park sat under several feet of brackish water for over a month. Six Flags terminated its lease, and the rides corroded in place.

— the year

The 2005 hurricane season made the park what it is. Katrina made landfall on 29 August as a Category 3 storm. Levees along the MRGO and the Industrial Canal failed, and most of New Orleans East flooded. Six Flags' insurance and lease disputes with the city kept the park in legal limbo for over a decade. A handful of films, including Jurassic World, Percy Jackson, and Deepwater Horizon, used the corroded grounds as a location. Demolition of most structures began in 2024 under the Bayou Phoenix redevelopment plan.

— the silence

For nineteen years the park belonged to no one. The Mega Zeph wooden coaster, the Big Easy Ferris wheel, and the Jester roller coaster stood unmaintained while cypress and tallow grew through the queues. A jester clown face on the entrance arch became one of the most photographed pieces of abandonment in North America. Trespass arrests were common, and the city kept the perimeter fenced. Wildlife moved in: alligators, herons, water snakes. The park, for almost two decades, ran on the sound of cicadas.

— where
United States · New Orleans, Louisiana
— elevation
0 m · 0 ft
— position
30.0552° N · 89.9333° W
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
3 km N
Lake Pontchartrain
estuarine lake
19 km W
French Quarter
historic district
5 km NE
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge
wetland refuge
N
Six Flags New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
French Quarter
Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Six Flags New Orleans — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

The park closed on 21 August 2005, just before Hurricane Katrina made landfall on 29 August. It was flooded by the levee failures that followed and never reopened to the public.

It opened in May 2000 as Jazzland, a regionally themed park developed by Alfa SmartParks. Six Flags Inc. purchased it in 2002 and rebranded it as Six Flags New Orleans the next year.

The site is on Michoud Boulevard in New Orleans East, near the junction of Interstate 10 and Interstate 510, about twelve miles east of the French Quarter.

Yes. Scenes from Jurassic World, Percy Jackson, Deepwater Horizon, and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes were shot on the abandoned grounds. The site became a recognised abandonment location.

Bayou Phoenix, a redevelopment plan combining a water park, sports complex, and retail, was approved by the New Orleans City Council in 2023. Demolition of most original structures began in 2024.

— about the piece in your home

It reads particularly for people who grew up in New Orleans East, or who remember the park's one good season. A Medium with a handwritten note from the studio travels well as a memory piece.

The piece works in eclectic, story-driven rooms: vintage Americana, industrial-modern lofts, and warm maximalist spaces with weathered wood, brass, and faded poster art. It does not want a minimalist room.

A single Large reads above a console. A 4-tile Mural is the right scale above most sofas, and a 9-tile Mural anchors a long wall in an open-plan room.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for backsplashes, shower walls, and powder rooms. The Glossy finish is for framed wall pieces in dry rooms.

A soft microfibre cloth and warm water. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, so the image will not lift or fade with normal cleaning.

Yes. Every piece in the WenderVista atlas is original to our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. We do not license artwork from outside studios and we do not resell stock imagery.

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