Could the current sliding American cinema attendance be a precursor to a full, Hong Kong-style crash?
Its popularity is the result of a magical transformation wrought by Mr Zeman, a Canadian-born entrepreneur who originally made his money out of bars and women's clothes.Four years ago Ocean Park was on its last legs, with attendance sliding and its facilities crumbling.
At the time, attendance was sliding, taxes were high and the tracks were losing more than $10 million a year.
Now, as Frank McCourt fights Jamie McCourt, and Frank defies the authority of Commissioner Bud Selig, the team is sliding downhill, although its attendance is sixth best in the majors and the players are holding their own.
The 22-match unbeaten run through the winter cemented our place as promotion candidates, but it certainly helped attendances from sliding as well".
The Grizzlies were 22-60 last season and lost $25 million as average attendance slid to 13,000 from 16,000.
High school attendance slid to 71percentt from the usual 80percentt, said Margie Feinberg, a spokeswoman for the Board of Education.
Despite that cut — due partly to the many productions that closed during those two months — Broadway shows experienced only a 14percentt slide in attendance over the same period.
In his short tenure, Bernard had signed big-ticket sponsors, added a popular street race and new car designs, and stanched the slide in attendance and television ratings.
His aides have told city officials that he remains unconvinced that the association is doing a good enough job of marketing the tracks and reversing a slide in attendance.
