Baron Saturday's Fun Park

Baron Saturday's Fun Park
Game Information
Type	Theme park
Also Known As	Baron Saturday's
Location	Delray Hollow
Appearance	Mafia III
Business & Operation
Opened	Early 1950s
Status	Defunct
General Specifications
Condition	Abandoned

"This theme park was opened briefly in the early 1950s, and for the short time it run, it catered to the needs of the residents of Delray Hollow. Unfortunately, the park lost its funding and closed, but what remains of Baron Saturday's Fun Park is still worth taking a look at for all you explorers. While it isn't advisable to bring the kids to a half-completed construction site, it still is good for a couple amazing photos."

— Delray Hollow Brochure description.

Baron Saturday's Fun Park is a location in Mafia III.

History

Background

Baron Saturday's Fun Park was built in the 1940s by investors out of Frisco Fields. These investors were looking for a way to keep New Bordeaux segregated by building an amusement park specifically for black citizens. The racist stereotypes throughout Baron Saturday's were quickly seized upon by local residents and resulted in massive protests and vandalism. In the end, Baron Saturday's Fun Park lasted only three months before being shuttered and abandoned.

Taking Back the Hollow

When Ritchie Doucet hears that Giorgi Marcano wants him dead for losing control of Delray Hollow, he comes to the park to hide out and make a last stand with his men. When Lincoln Clay hears of this, he heads to the park to take back the Hollow and finish off the Dixie Mafia for good. After making his way through Doucet's men Lincoln overpowers Ritchie and then drags him outside and hangs him from the Ferris wheel.

Influence

Baron Saturday's Fun Park is likely based on the defunct Pontchartrain Beach amusement park, while also takes influence from Six Flags New Orleans, which was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Appearances

Mafia III

• Pray on the Way Up

Notable Items

Supplies

• Medicine Cabinet x2.

Weapons

• Weapon Locker with a Hartmann .30 and a Masterson Phoenix in a small building to the right of the carousel.

Gallery

Park entrance

Park office

Curse of the Bayou Beast

The Bone Rattler

The Crazy Gator

Baron Saturday's Fun Park

Crawdaddy's Wild Ride

Delray Hollow Brochure

Concept art

Trivia

• The park was once the source of controversy over what civil rights groups called "racially inflammatory imagery".
• According to Charles Laveau, the owners of the Briar Patch were the primary financial backers of the park.
• The name of the park, Baron Saturday, is a reference to the Voodoo loa, Baron Samedi. Samedi being French for Saturday.
• The park interior is only accessible during Pray on the Way Up.