Kentucky official: Ark Encounter is not living up to economic promises

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(02-26-2017, 10:30 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: If you build it, they will come.

You said it:
http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2016/10/25/flood-of-visitors-lifts-ark-encounter-to.html

The Ark Encounter in Williamstown, Ky., is handily beating visitor projections in its first four months.

The life-sized replica based on the biblical description of Noah’s Ark has greeted more than 400,000 people in its first four months. About 95 percent of those visitors are coming from outside the region immediately surrounding the attraction.
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A state consultant had predicted the attraction would lure 500,000 visitors, while Answers in Genesis, which created the park, said it expects 1.2 million people to visit in the ark’s first year.
Outside consultants have estimated the park will attract 1.4 million to 2.2 million visitors a year and have a $4 billion economic impact in the next 10 years. In addition, 20,000 jobs are expected to be created as a result of the Ark Encounter’s opening over the next 10 years.
If attendance rates continue, the ark could have 600,000 visitors by the end of 2016. The park had 6,900 visitors on Saturday alone.