(August 3, 2026 at 11:56 pm)hifijohn Wrote: Well well well another disasterous year for Ken Ham (the scam) and his Ark Encounter.
in july, it finished its 9th year and racked up 677K visitors, making it its 7th highest since opening.
Original estimates were 1.4M its first year and a modest 4% increase every year, but in reality it never even hit a million, and its 677K number isnt even 1/3 of what their original estimates were for this time.And dont forget an all wooden structure doesnt age well take it from a lifelong woodworker the maintenance costs in the future are going to be astronomical.
I'd completely forgotten about this place. I'm frankly surprised to hear it's holding on at all.
Back when the New Atheists were enjoying fighting about this stuff on line Ken Ham was one of the main boogeymen. He had to be debated and his ideas squashed. Now it seems like he barely has any on-line presence at all.
Where you live is he still getting attention? Probably in Christian creationist circles people listen to him, but that kind of person barely registers any more.
I suppose we've all moved on and get worked up about different boogeymen these days.
