Six lucky people will spend 30 hours in a coffin in a contest hosted by Six Flags Fiesta Texas in San Antonio. Why is that lucky? Because now, out of 800 registrants, these six people have the chance to win $300 cash as well as 2019 Gold Season Passes and Express Haunted House Passes to this Texas Hill Country amusement park – and they get to keep the coffins.
Described by Six Flags Fiesta Texas as being “deluxe, slightly used,” coffins, these vessels which are generally recognized as the final resting place for human remains will now be souvenirs (of sorts) for the contestants. In a press release from the company, Six Flags Chief Marketing Officer Brett Petit noted, “The 30-Hour Coffin Challenge has taken the country by storm…everybody wants in.” The Hill Country park contest announcement came following the Six Flags St. Louis launch of their similar event in September. It attracted over 25K registrants and made national news, sparking the idea to roll it out over all 15 North American Six Flags’ locations.