Ham's Creationist park in financial trouble?

Could be because it was all a scam in the first place.
They charge nearly 30 bucks for admission but if you are a church you can bring groups for a steep discount or for free.
How many church groups walk through for free and how many full paid admissions are there.
 
kedo1981 said:
Could be because it was all a scam in the first place.
They charge nearly 30 bucks for admission but if you are a church you can bring groups for a steep discount or for free.
How many church groups walk through for free and how many full paid admissions are there.
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What site are you describing?
My understanding is that construction of the Ark Encounter theme park hasn't even been started yet.

ETA: Are you talking about the Creation Museum?
 
I believe, AiG itself had a profit for the past several years of:

FY 2008: $2.1 million
FY 2009: $716,000
FY 2010: $940,000
FY 2011: -$540,000
FY 2012: -$398,000

It gets about $12.4 million from its museum and another $7 million in donations. However, the expenses run about $19.8 million.
 
barehl said:
I believe, AiG itself had a profit for the past several years of:

FY 2008: $2.1 million
FY 2009: $716,000
FY 2010: $940,000
FY 2011: -$540,000
FY 2012: -$398,000

It gets about $12.4 million from its museum and another $7 million in donations. However, the expenses run about $19.8 million.
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Fairly typical for a new Museum. They surge out of the gate real strong, but then falter - especially if they do not adapt and add new exhibits, etc. I don't know what more a silly creationist museum could add to their exhibits. As I understand it they were trying to add amusement park rides and the like which makes them Bibleland Redux.
 
Gawdzilla said:
$40,000,000 in tax incentives for that creotard zoo, and their schools are in sad shape because of budget cuts.
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Tax incentives don't cost you anything if the place never opens. If I understand correctly, the state had offered to refund 10% of Ark Encounter's sales tax revenue, up to a maximum of $43M. If the place never opens, Kentucky will refund them 10% of bupkiss. Yay!
 
ben m said:
Tax incentives don't cost you anything if the place never opens. If I understand correctly, the state had offered to refund 10% of Ark Encounter's sales tax revenue, up to a maximum of $43M. If the place never opens, Kentucky will refund them 10% of bupkiss. Yay!
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Considering that was an expansion of the existing facility I'm sure the tax lawyers will be earning their 30 silver dollars.
 
I really hope the whole thing goes under soon.

Attractions like this may bring money to a state, but there is no worthwhile excuse for the state supporting the spreading of unscientific, ignorant garbage like this with any kind of fiscal incentive.
 
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