| rdfs:comment | - On August 5, 2011, Six Flags Great America announced on their official Facebook page that the Iron Wolf would be closed on September 5, 2011. The ride was subsequently removed and relocated to Six Flags America where it operates as Apocalypse: The Last Stand . On August 1, 2013, Six Flags Great America began a teaser campaign entitled "Follow the Journey". In mid-August 2013, it was revealed Six Flags Great America would be building a 165 foot high roller coaster, with plans being lodged with the local zoning committee to exceed the 125 foot height limit imposed on the park.
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| abstract | - On August 5, 2011, Six Flags Great America announced on their official Facebook page that the Iron Wolf would be closed on September 5, 2011. The ride was subsequently removed and relocated to Six Flags America where it operates as Apocalypse: The Last Stand . On August 1, 2013, Six Flags Great America began a teaser campaign entitled "Follow the Journey". In mid-August 2013, it was revealed Six Flags Great America would be building a 165 foot high roller coaster, with plans being lodged with the local zoning committee to exceed the 125 foot height limit imposed on the park. On August 29, 2013, it was officially announced that Six Flags Great America would be adding Goliath, a wooden roller coaster by Rocky Mountain Construction, for the 2014 season. As part of the announcement, a concept computer-animated "point-of-view" (POV) and statistics of the ride were released. The ride will replace the Iron Wolf, utilising the same location, station and queue line. The station will have to be expanded because the trains for Goliath are longer than the Iron Wolf trains. The Iron Wolf's train used to have seven rows and Goliath will feature twelve rows. On February 21, 2014, Six Flags Great America posted a collection of pictures to its official Facebook page, revealing Goliath's final design. This updated version includes a steel lift hill structure, rather than the traditional wooden structure. An updated animated POV was also released on the park's official YouTube channel. Construction for Goliath began in September 2013, with a team of 35 employed by Rocky Mountain Construction to erect the ride. The team worked 11-hour days, six days a week through the winter to early May 2014, amounting to approximately 40,000 man hours. Following the ride running hundreds of test runs, it officially opened to the public on June 19, 2014. The lift hill was topped off on May 16, 2014 at 2:00pm. Goliath tested for the very first time on May 31, 2014. On Friday June 6, 2014, a small section of the rides station caught fire and was extinguished without any reported injuries or major damage. Goliath's soft opening date was June 18, 2014, While it opened to the public the next day.
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