1. They attribute some of the decline to the current condition of downtown. It really affects everything, and it's been ongoing for a while, and there really seems to be no tangible plan to address it. So that's really not surprising.
2. I find the AGA to be small and underwhelming. Would love to see the current/pre-expansion law courts building become part of the AGA. would be super cool.
Current state of downtown and AGA aside, I am of the mind that cultural offerings like the AGA or RAM should be free. Curious how much admission brings in vs their operational costs. London is fantastic for this and have similarly experienced this in a few other cities. Let everyone enjoy, I am sure you can recoup costs with a good gift shop when you're letting in way more people. I would certainly be inclined to visit both establishments with out of town guests if it was free. It lends itself naturally to hitting up both places given how close they are to one another. I remember doing the math for taking us to the RAM was over $100 plus parking/ETS. Imagine wanting to do both, you'd be over $200 plus parking/ETS. I am sure they would easily dropped that coin in the gift shop, then done a restaurant or something downtown. Instead we do neither and go to WEM.
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