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Dr Who exhibition joins list of loss makers at $180m Tākina convention centre (www.rnz.co.nz)

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Another major exhibition at Wellington's $180 million convention centre has failed to break even, with the council refusing to say exactly how many people visited it.

Last July RNZ reported the first two major exhibitions at Tākina, Jurassic World by Brickman and Marvel: Earth's Mightiest Exhibition failed to either break even or reach their target visitor numbers.

The Doctor Who Worlds of Wonder ran from 1 June to 28 October and featured props from the BBC sci-fi show which first aired in 1963.

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[–] Ilovethebomb 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Are there enough people around who care about these IPs to pay money to see movie props?

It would seem not.

[–] AngryishHumanoid@reddthat.com 5 points 2 days ago

It's almost as if extraneous spending has dropped significantly for the majority of people the last few years for totally unrelated reasons.

[–] Dave 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I would have gone to one or two of them had I known about it (and assuming the price wasn't ridiculous).

[–] absGeekNZ 3 points 1 day ago

I wend to the brickman exhibit with the kids, the price was quite reasonable.

My work mate just went to the Dr Who one; not sure about the costs.

But we both had to travel from Taupo; and stay/eat/entertain in Wellington. The ticket price to get into the event was negligible on the total cost of the trip. So it is not 100% on the event to make money, money is brought into the CBD/region.

Also; were the projected visitor numbers reasonable. The economy is in a bit of a shambles with the current government trying to bludgeon us back to the 80's.

[–] Ilovethebomb 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

https://www.eventfinda.co.nz/2024/marvel-earths-mightiest-exhibition/wellington

More than I'd be willing to pay. Dr Who was the same price.

[–] emeryville@mstdn.social 2 points 1 day ago

@Ilovethebomb @Dave I waited until Dr. Who exhibit prices were discounted before I went. I'm sure they will do the same for the Marvel exhibit.

[–] Dave 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hmm I'd pay that. It costs me $80+ to take the family to McDonald's, and I don't even like McDonald's.

I think this is about the going price for this sort of thing.

[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think it's not the going price for this sort of thing, because people don't seem to be going to this sort of thing.

The law of supply and demand says that if they don't have enough customers for their product, they have to either lower the price of the product, or stop selling it.

[–] Dave 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah you're right, but the low demand may have been due to no one knowing it was on. If it was $20 it doesn't help if people don't know it's happening.

Alternatively, they might not have made a profit because they spent too much on it.