(February 8, 2015 at 2:23 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: The $11 million that the state has to shell out up front to build the interchange does matter. And if the Ark Encounter is only going to bring in 20% or less of the amount that was originally posited, do you think the anticipated numbers have no relevance to whether or not the state has a vested interest in giving incentives to the Ark Encounter? Even if there is a positive cash flow when all is said and done, is it worth $11 million up front plus lost tax revenue when you only reap $4.9 million over ten years? Maybe the answer is yes. But when Ken Ham is telling the state that he will reap them over $25 million in tax revenue when the reality is more like $5 mil, that is not a negligible difference.
I don't know anything about the state building an interchange, but it seems reasonable. However the state commissioned its own study and would likely rely on that not Ham's.
