Posted Jun 14, 2007, 11:34 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: New Jersey
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Exploreum addition?
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Originally Posted by Musicisright
Exploreum boosted by 'Pompeii'
Sunday, June 10, 2007
A few minutes after 5 p.m. last Sunday, ArtBeat got a call from W. Michael Sullivan, director of the Gulf Coast Exploreum. He had the final attendance numbers for "A Day in Pompeii": 134,790.
That makes "Pompeii" the second most successful box-office event in the museum's nine-year history. The top rung is occupied by "The Dead Sea Scrolls" (2005), which drew more than 205,000 and was the state's top tourist attraction; third on the list is "China! 7,000 Years of Innovation" (2002) with 127,000 visitors.
Numbers for "Pompeii" reflect a familiar pattern. About 30 percent of visitors came from Mobile-Baldwin, according to Sullivan. The remaining 70 percent traveled to Mobile from elsewhere.
The "Pompeii" museum store, operated by Loretta Potapenko, generated an impressive $561,000, an average of $4.17 per visitor, says Sullivan.
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I JUST HAD A GREAT IDEA!!!!!! Why not use the Courthouse land for an addition to the Exploreum? It could be used for art exhibits and such....plus they wouldn't have to use ALL the lot if they build UP. They could put a park with maybe something like the French market in NOLA...anybody think this is a good idea?
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