This reminds me a lot of the theme-park industry.
Each park operates in a unique geographic environment. Sometimes, they’re independently owned. Sometimes, there is a big parent company that is far removed, and had no idea what’s going on. Do admission revenues go into a big pit for all parks? What if one park always gets all the big investments?
Canada’s Wonderland is actually the highest attended seasonal theme park in North America (ie, the Florida and California parks pull more folks, because they’re open year-round), but the investment back into the park doesn’t necessarily reflect that. Cedar Fair has the money and spreads it out to their other parks where it’s needed.
Imagine if suddenly we were all paying for Toronto’s DRL, instead of an extension to Cambridge, with our fares here?
Each park operates in a unique geographic environment. Sometimes, they’re independently owned. Sometimes, there is a big parent company that is far removed, and had no idea what’s going on. Do admission revenues go into a big pit for all parks? What if one park always gets all the big investments?
Canada’s Wonderland is actually the highest attended seasonal theme park in North America (ie, the Florida and California parks pull more folks, because they’re open year-round), but the investment back into the park doesn’t necessarily reflect that. Cedar Fair has the money and spreads it out to their other parks where it’s needed.
Imagine if suddenly we were all paying for Toronto’s DRL, instead of an extension to Cambridge, with our fares here?