Yes it would. That is sort of cheating to not let the townsfolk see what it looked like after it came up. Having to pay for a ticket to see it after its been cleaned up sort of takes away the exitement of it.
That fact was known ahead of time, before tickets were sold for the event (of the “raising” of the car). So, if someone didn’t want to get a ticket because of that fact, they would have known that ahead of time. Those tickets, by the way, were sold out a long time back. Tonight we’ll see a lot more people involved, at the Convention Center. I’m just going to watch it on TV... :-)