Attendance collapses at Creationist Ark museum after Kentucky taxpayers spent millions building theme park: This is really a sad story--it seems god isn't all that interested in having...

PeterS

This is really a sad story--it seems god isn't all that interested in having people mingle with dinosaurs...

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/attendance-collapses-creationist-ark-museum-kentucky-taxpayers-spent-millions-building-theme-park/?fbclid=IwAR3lO1q6uQ5tfiqjkK3g4fbqak5Q-m9YciDY84yt00dREvStqt_IJUUCXj4

Despite receiving millions in taxpayer subsidies, attendance at the Ark Encounter museum in Kentucky continues to collapse as the Creationist theme park looks for new ways to keep from sinking.

According to a report from the Friendly Atheist, founder Ken Ham must report monthly attendance at his Biblical entertainment complex as part of an agreement with the town of Williamstown where they pay a “safety fee” for each ticket sold.

The entertainment and educational complex that features dinosaurs interacting with humans, saw attendance this past September drop to 69,207 paying visitors — a 17 percent drop from last year’s same-month attendance of 83,330.

As Hemant Mehta notes, that follows a trend of a declining — and accelerating — drop in attendance from last years numbers.

Those declining numbers come even though public schools are using taxpayer funds to send school children to the museum to learn about creationism — a belief that all of creation is orchestrated by a divine being.

According to American’s United for the Separation of Church and State, Ham’s Ark Encounter has been the beneficiary of millions of dollars of local and state tax breaks and subsidies.

“To help cover the cost of emergency services the small town [Williamstown] now must provide to the visitors of a large amusement park within its borders, city officials last year initiated a 50-cent fee on the tickets sold at the ark and a few smaller amusement venues in Williamstown. (This is the fee Ham and his company, Answers in Genesis, tried to avoid paying last summer by briefly switching the park’s status to nonprofit – a move that would have had a crushing long-term impact on property tax generation for the community but also nearly resulted in the park losing its $18 million state tourism subsidy.) “Americans United reports.

Additionally, “Ark Encounter wasn’t entirely privately funded. Williamstown issued $62 million in junk bonds to help finance the park’s construction and agreed to forgo 75 percent of the park’s property taxes for 30 years to pay back those bonds. As previously mentioned, the state gave the park $18 million in subsidies, plus paid about $10 million to improve nearby roads. A Grant County economic development agency essentially donated 100 acres of land for the park.”

mwdegutis Loc: Illinois

PeterS wrote:

This is really a sad story--it seems god isn't all that interested in having people mingle with dinosaurs...

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/attendance-collapses-creationist-ark-museum-kentucky-taxpayers-spent-millions-building-theme-park/?fbclid=IwAR3lO1q6uQ5tfiqjkK3g4fbqak5Q-m9YciDY84yt00dREvStqt_IJUUCXj4

Despite receiving millions in taxpayer subsidies, attendance at the Ark Encounter museum in Kentucky continues to collapse as the Creationist theme park looks for new ways to keep from sinking.

According to a report from the Friendly Atheist, founder Ken Ham must report monthly attendance at his Biblical entertainment complex as part of an agreement with the town of Williamstown where they pay a “safety fee” for each ticket sold.

The entertainment and educational complex that features dinosaurs interacting with humans, saw attendance this past September drop to 69,207 paying visitors — a 17 percent drop from last year’s same-month attendance of 83,330.

As Hemant Mehta notes, that follows a trend of a declining — and accelerating — drop in attendance from last years numbers.

Those declining numbers come even though public schools are using taxpayer funds to send school children to the museum to learn about creationism — a belief that all of creation is orchestrated by a divine being.

According to American’s United for the Separation of Church and State, Ham’s Ark Encounter has been the beneficiary of millions of dollars of local and state tax breaks and subsidies.

“To help cover the cost of emergency services the small town [Williamstown] now must provide to the visitors of a large amusement park within its borders, city officials last year initiated a 50-cent fee on the tickets sold at the ark and a few smaller amusement venues in Williamstown. (This is the fee Ham and his company, Answers in Genesis, tried to avoid paying last summer by briefly switching the park’s status to nonprofit – a move that would have had a crushing long-term impact on property tax generation for the community but also nearly resulted in the park losing its $18 million state tourism subsidy.) “Americans United reports.

Additionally, “Ark Encounter wasn’t entirely privately funded. Williamstown issued $62 million in junk bonds to help finance the park’s construction and agreed to forgo 75 percent of the park’s property taxes for 30 years to pay back those bonds. As previously mentioned, the state gave the park $18 million in subsidies, plus paid about $10 million to improve nearby roads. A Grant County economic development agency essentially donated 100 acres of land for the park.”

This is really a sad story--it seems god isn't all... (show quote)

Good source Pete.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/raw-story/

Anything to bash a people that for some irrational reason you h**e so much. But then again, you're like a leopard that can't change its spots. And so predictable.

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

mwdegutis wrote:

Good source Pete.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/raw-story/

Anything to bash a people that for some irrational reason you h**e so much. But then again, you're like a leopard that can't change its spots. And so predictable.

Gatsby

PeterS wrote:

This is really a sad story--it seems god isn't all that interested in having people mingle with dinosaurs...

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/attendance-collapses-creationist-ark-museum-kentucky-taxpayers-spent-millions-building-theme-park/?fbclid=IwAR3lO1q6uQ5tfiqjkK3g4fbqak5Q-m9YciDY84yt00dREvStqt_IJUUCXj4

Despite receiving millions in taxpayer subsidies, attendance at the Ark Encounter museum in Kentucky continues to collapse as the Creationist theme park looks for new ways to keep from sinking.

According to a report from the Friendly Atheist, founder Ken Ham must report monthly attendance at his Biblical entertainment complex as part of an agreement with the town of Williamstown where they pay a “safety fee” for each ticket sold.

The entertainment and educational complex that features dinosaurs interacting with humans, saw attendance this past September drop to 69,207 paying visitors — a 17 percent drop from last year’s same-month attendance of 83,330.

As Hemant Mehta notes, that follows a trend of a declining — and accelerating — drop in attendance from last years numbers.

Those declining numbers come even though public schools are using taxpayer funds to send school children to the museum to learn about creationism — a belief that all of creation is orchestrated by a divine being.

According to American’s United for the Separation of Church and State, Ham’s Ark Encounter has been the beneficiary of millions of dollars of local and state tax breaks and subsidies.

“To help cover the cost of emergency services the small town [Williamstown] now must provide to the visitors of a large amusement park within its borders, city officials last year initiated a 50-cent fee on the tickets sold at the ark and a few smaller amusement venues in Williamstown. (This is the fee Ham and his company, Answers in Genesis, tried to avoid paying last summer by briefly switching the park’s status to nonprofit – a move that would have had a crushing long-term impact on property tax generation for the community but also nearly resulted in the park losing its $18 million state tourism subsidy.) “Americans United reports.

Additionally, “Ark Encounter wasn’t entirely privately funded. Williamstown issued $62 million in junk bonds to help finance the park’s construction and agreed to forgo 75 percent of the park’s property taxes for 30 years to pay back those bonds. As previously mentioned, the state gave the park $18 million in subsidies, plus paid about $10 million to improve nearby roads. A Grant County economic development agency essentially donated 100 acres of land for the park.”

This is really a sad story--it seems god isn't all... (show quote)

Keep in mind the fact that our own ancestors believed that the earth was flat, and the center of the universe.

mwdegutis Loc: Illinois

You're so predictable too BB.

Justsss Loc: Wisconsin

mwdegutis wrote:

You're so predictable too BB.

mwdegutis, as I’ve pointed out to bb before why would excellent swimmers walk when they could swim almost to the location of the Ark ?

Remember that this guy also puts his faith and trust in a woman who ended her life like a sardine packed in a can ( madalyn ohara) k**led by her own followers.

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

Justsss wrote:

mwdegutis, as Iâve pointed out to bb before why ... (show quote)

Justsss Loc: Wisconsin

Bad Bob wrote:

BLAH HA HA HA HA !!!!
TUNA FISH ORICLE SPEAKS FROM BEYOUND !
bb, mad-I-lyn says you should listen to JUSTSSS. He speaks the t***h———from deep inside the can.

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

Justsss wrote:

BLAH HA HA HA HA !!!!
TUNA FISH ORICLE SPEAKS FROM BEYOUND !
bb, mad-I-lyn says you should listen to JUSTSSS. He speaks the t***hâââfrom deep inside the can.

Justsss Loc: Wisconsin

Bad Bob wrote:

bb. I agree with you on this one. Westcott & Hort ( if ever two jesuit clowns who h**ed GOD ) have almost destroyed GOD’S word.
Even though these two worked for your master satan, he still will never reign supreme. I know that you don’t understand that but that’s ok because it’s your soul preparing for separation forever from your FATHER not mine. So, have at it spanky and too bad you won’t know the T***H until it’s too late.

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

Justsss wrote:

bb. I agree with you on this one. Westcott & Hort ( if ever two jesuit clowns who h**ed GOD ) have almost destroyed GODâS word.
Even though these two worked for your master satan, he still will never reign supreme. I know that you donât understand that but thatâs ok because itâs your soul preparing for separation forever from your FATHER not mine. So, have at it spanky and too bad you wonât know the T***H until itâs too late.

Justsss Loc: Wisconsin

bb, too bad it’s your master the devil who’s rolling around on the ground and not some childish cartoon. Don’t have any new ones on the atheists ( short for incredibly moronic) website ?
Except for a few of the other bozos on here I believe that most of us wish you could present some new material.

Bad Bob Loc: Virginia

Justsss wrote:

bb, too bad it’s your master the devil who’s rolli... (show quote)

Justass, tell me bout this "master the devil". Does he wear a MAGA hat?

woodguru

Bad Bob wrote:

Justass, tell me bout this "master the devil". Does he wear a MAGA hat?

His son in law flaunts the address 666, can you imagine anyone associated with Obama putting huge numbers 666 in front of god and the world?

Justsss Loc: Wisconsin

woodguru wrote:

His son in law flaunts the address 666, can you imagine anyone associated with Obama putting huge numbers 666 in front of god and the world?

GOD, used a talking donkey and you guys should be used to talking asses by now since that is your parties symbol.
GOD, can even use kushner since remember that the devil is GOD’s devil.