NEW ORLEANS - More than 18 months after Hurricane Katrina, the future is still uncertain for Six Flags New Orleans, the theme park flooded by Hurricane Katrina. At the Six Flags site in eastern New Orleans, one of the areas hardest hit by Katrina, rides that sat for weeks in water are idle, while the parking lot has been turned into a staging point for distribution of Federal Emergency Management Agency trailers. The park's official Web site tells visitors only that Six Flags won't be open again in 2007 and the company, which leases the site from the city, is still haggling over Katrina damage.

''We're still trying to resolve an issue with our insurer. We have filed litigation,'' said Wendy Goldberg, a spokesman for New York-based Six Flags Inc. ''But until that's resolved, it's premature to try to make any decisions'' about the park's future.