The future of the Vaudreuil-Dorion International Circus Festival‘s signature big top is in trouble because the cost of maintaining the structure is too high.
According to the city’s mayor, Guy Pilon, the festival cost the city a total of $475,000 this year.
Half of that amount went to assembling and raising the structure – before tearing it down at the festival’s end.
In contrast, it brought in a meager $60,000 in revenue.
The big top first went up amid much fanfare in 2014.
City officials paid $150,000 for it in the hopes of renting it to a promoter for $30,000 annually in order to break even.
Due to financial struggles, Vaudreuil-Dorion took over the festival completely before the 2016 edition and now hopes the tent complex can be used year-round for more lucrative purposes.
Pilon said there are no plans for it to go up again unless and until a company can be found to operate it profitably.
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