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“The Ark Encounter in Williamstown is riding a wave of popularity, exceeding attendance projections after being open for less than three months.”

Discussion

Mon, 09/19/16

Promising start, and I’ll gladly eat my words if time proves me wrong. That said, there is a difference between attendance and revenues, and I’ve got no indication what kind of incentives are driving this. It also ought to be noted that attendance at the Creation Museum dropped strongly after the first few years.

But that said, promising start.

Aspiring to be a stick in the mud.

Mon, 09/19/16

[Bert Perry]

Promising start, and I’ll gladly eat my words if time proves me wrong. That said, there is a difference between attendance and revenues, and I’ve got no indication what kind of incentives are driving this. It also ought to be noted that attendance at the Creation Museum dropped strongly after the first few years.

But that said, promising start.

To every silver lining there is a cloud! :)

Lee

Tue, 09/20/16

[Bert Perry]

Promising start, and I’ll gladly eat my words if time proves me wrong. That said, there is a difference between attendance and revenues, and I’ve got no indication what kind of incentives are driving this. It also ought to be noted that attendance at the Creation Museum dropped strongly after the first few years.

But that said, promising start.

I don’t think you are that wrong. I have made a purposeful trip to see the Creation Museum (in 2010) with my family. However, it’s a long ways away, and I’m not likely to go back unless I’m in the area. I’d probably stop in to see the Ark if I were nearby, but I don’t see myself making a special trip for it. Although the subject matter is more important than that at secular museums in many ways, I still would treat a trip there in the same way. I’ve seen the Field Museum in Chicago, the Chattanooga aquarium, the museum where the Spruce Goose is, and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (just right off the top of my head) all one time. Not likely to go back to any of them because I don’t live nearby, not because I wouldn’t find them fascinating. Sights that are nearby places I’ve lived, I’ve seen many more times than once. I would suspect that once people have seen the attraction once, repeat attendance is going to be mostly from the area, either residents or visitors already there.

Dave Barnhart