Obama and Jerry Brown have failed. Miserably.
I went there YEARS ago. No way I would take my kids to San Francisco, though. Could this be the reason for poor attendance?
http://www.exploratorium.edu/
2 posted on
08/19/2013 11:09:34 AM PDT by
Rio
To: SoFloFreeper
One laid off worker was heard to say: “If only Obama knew about this, he wouldn't let it happen...” /sarc
3 posted on
08/19/2013 11:10:06 AM PDT by
Cowboy Bob
(Democrats: Robbing Peter to buy Paul's vote.)
To: SoFloFreeper
Exploring a socialist utopia has its costs.
4 posted on
08/19/2013 11:10:14 AM PDT by
Paladin2
To: SoFloFreeper
was this a stimulus project??
5 posted on
08/19/2013 11:12:29 AM PDT by
elpadre
(AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
To: SoFloFreeper
I used to go to the Exploratorium often. It was a lot of fun. But I can’t imagine how it could possibly need 400 workers.
To: SoFloFreeper
It's simple, Exploratorium is geared toward children.
San Francisco is the most child unfriendly, gay friendly and transitioning to unsafe city in the US.
Lots of children will not get anywhere near it for those reasons.
7 posted on
08/19/2013 11:15:49 AM PDT by
Navy Patriot
(Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
To: SoFloFreeper
Attendance has since jumped, but the museum has been also hit with lowered revenue from lowered ticket prices. Or as people in the real world would put it, they were overcharging and had to lower prices to get people to come. Imagine that, the laws of economics even apply in San Francisco.
10 posted on
08/19/2013 11:27:31 AM PDT by
Hugin
To: SoFloFreeper
Attendance has since jumped, but the museum has been also hit with lowered revenue from lowered ticket prices. Or as people in the real world would put it, they were overcharging and had to lower prices to get people to come. Imagine that, the laws of economics even apply in San Francisco.
11 posted on
08/19/2013 11:27:37 AM PDT by
Hugin
To: SoFloFreeper
Several probable reasons -
- Lower attendance due to change in facility. The new one is a change and arguably the transition has deterred some people. Its in a more crowded area; driving and parking anywhere near Fishermans Wharf on a weekend is hopeless.
Fishermans wharf-driven walk in business is not likely to be as strong as expected, as that tourist crowd has few kids.
- The current location is less attractive, smaller, has less stuff than the original.
- Kids attraction in a place thats losing kids - very likely reason. A lot of visitors would be out of towners, but these days I suspect the population of kids in fairly well to do families in the whole area, not just SF proper, is on the decline.
- Did the transition over the summer losing a lot of the summer camp business.
12 posted on
08/19/2013 11:32:24 AM PDT by
buwaya
To: SoFloFreeper; All
I wonder if global warning agitprop had anything to do with it.
15 posted on
08/19/2013 11:49:41 AM PDT by
pluvmantelo
(A Greenie is one distraught knowing that somewhere, someone is living above subsistence level.)
To: SoFloFreeper
Just months after the Exploratorium opened its expanded new facility on the San Francisco waterfront, the science museum announced staff cuts Friday because of attendance figures falling short of projections. What were they thinking? The Exploratorium is a fascinating place, but half the charm was the architecture and history where it was formerly housed. I have visited it many times at the old location.
At the new tourist-trap venue?
Not likely.
16 posted on
08/19/2013 11:53:00 AM PDT by
publius911
(Look for the Union label, then buy something else.)
To: SoFloFreeper
Kids? In San Francisco? Why hasn’t some kind of rescue operation been launched?
18 posted on
08/19/2013 12:02:51 PM PDT by
onedoug
To: SoFloFreeper
"People are angry, upset, crying," And so once again, we see liberals acting like spoiled children... Which is exactly what they are.
23 posted on
08/19/2013 12:30:21 PM PDT by
Sicon
("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
To: SoFloFreeper
"People are angry, upset, crying," And so once again, we see liberals acting like spoiled children... Which is exactly what they are.
24 posted on
08/19/2013 12:30:25 PM PDT by
Sicon
("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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