Complete with dinosaurs on Noah's Ark...What better way to boost the Kentucky economy than with a creationist theme park? In a press release this afternoon, Gov. Steve Beshear announced that the state had struck a deal with Ark Encounter LLC—the same people behind Kentucky's Creation Museum—to start building the $150 million park, which, naturally, will have a "full-scale Noah's Ark," live animal shows, and "a first-century Middle Eastern village." There will also be a "replica of the Tower of Babel with exhibits, a 500-seat 5-D special effects theater," and an aviary, for good measure. According to the release, the park is expected to generate 900 jobs and $250 million in revenue for Kentucky, and Gawker's Jim Newell catches that it will also get them $37.5 million in tax breaks. The park is expected to open in northern Kentucky in the spring of 2014.Source
Personally I don't buy it. My two favorite theories on what really happened...
Message to Kentucky: I am not laughing at you... really...
But the true irony will be when its built: Will the exhibits themselves evolve?
ReplyDeletethose comics are brilliant...where did you get that colouring page? that can't be for real, lol
ReplyDeleteI LOVE that Far Side cartoon of the dinosaurs with cigarettes.
ReplyDeleteThe Noah's Ark one, however, would have been perfect with a couple of unicorns perched on the rock, too. They were, after all, the loveliest of them all. :)
A lot of us here in Kentucky are mortified, believe me. I suspect Beshear is interested only in the possibility that it will make money for the state-which I doubt.
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