Great Southwest Corporation

Great Southwest Corporation
Company typePublic
Industry
FoundedJanuary 1956 (1956-01)
Founders
  • Angus G. Wynne, Jr.
  • Toddie Lee Wynne
  • William Zeckendorf
  • William Zeckendorf, Jr.
DefunctJanuary 13, 1986 (1986-01-13)
FateMerged with Six Flags
SuccessorGSC/Six Flags Corp.

The Great Southwest Corporation, officially abbreviated as GSC was a real estate development company established in January 1956 for the specific creation of the Great Southwest Industrial District. While developing a side project for the industrial district, a theme park originally to be named Great Southwestland, it opened in 1961 as Six Flags Over Texas. The park was a massive success, and caused the course of the company to shift, focusing on recreational real estate rather than industrial properties.