Another major exhibition at Wellington’s $180 million convention centre has failed to break even, with the council refusing to say exactly how many people visited it.
Last July RNZ reported the first two major exhibitions at Tākina, Jurassic World by Brickman and Marvel: Earth’s Mightiest Exhibition failed to either break even or reach their target visitor numbers.
The Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder ran from 1 June to 28 October and featured props from the BBC sci-fi show which first aired in 1963.
I wend to the brickman exhibit with the kids, the price was quite reasonable.
My work mate just went to the Dr Who one; not sure about the costs.
But we both had to travel from Taupo; and stay/eat/entertain in Wellington. The ticket price to get into the event was negligible on the total cost of the trip. So it is not 100% on the event to make money, money is brought into the CBD/region.
Also; were the projected visitor numbers reasonable. The economy is in a bit of a shambles with the current government trying to bludgeon us back to the 80’s.