Poor guy, suffering the Curse of Ham.
What’s the story here? Is this theme park actually in bankruptcy, or nearly so? Is it shut down, or about to? That Patheos article just says some vague thing about the “perceived” failure of the business. What does that mean?
If he’s a sad monkey, why are there still monkeys?
A couple of points
100 million dollars for it?:eek:
A much as Ken Ham is despised, I will give him credit for managing to get built a 500 ft long boat in the middle of Kentucky!
If it goes bankrupt, what do you do with it?. Repossess it?, Auction it off, Use it as a container ship to replace the Crystal ? 
Steve Carell did it with more style.
It’s already built. I’m sure somebody could buy it at a discount and get the place up and running as a theme park with a toned-down religious message.
Look at the giant pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee. It flopped as a business venture for the original owners. But now it’s a really cool sporting goods store.
Well, *I * say it a lot. The wife doesn’t get it tho, sadly.
“That just raises further questions!”
We have entire conversations in Futurama quotes. It’s great until we do it in front of other people and they’re all 
My atheist group has been praying hard on this matter (we even did a prayer circle), but we are willing to share the credit.
Surely it’s God’s will that Ham’s venture is failing.
Maybe he should have brought in Shem and Japheth as partners…
God: "Ken. Ken! KEN!
Ken [Falls to knees]: “Uh, yes my lord?”
God: “Ken have you heard the story about Noah and the Great Flood?”
Ken: “Well, yes of course my lord”
God: “Why did Noah build an ark, Ken?”
Ken: “Because you told him there would be a great flood, Lord”
God: “Correct. Have I told you there is going to be a great flood, Ken?”
Ken: “No my Lord”
God: “You’re an idiot, Ken.”
Are you thinking of the Black Sea deluge hypothesis? (Which isn’t taken very seriously–at least the “myth generating” part.) If you mean a recent huge flood in other areas, the thing is, floods leave evidence. If there had been a widespread flood, geologists would know about it. For instance, there is a layer of sediment showing a flood at the city of Shuruppak 5,000-ish years ago. This local flood very possibly was the basis of future stories that ended up spreading around the ANE and being adapted to other cultures, including generating the Noah’s Ark story. (Not claiming that all stories of “there was a flood” were based on this–I mean the stories that say "there was a flood, some people were chosen by a god to live, they took some treasures on a boat and waited it out.)
(Strong recommendation for Irving Finkel’s book The Ark Before Noah.)
Here is a good review of the Ark Park by someone who is in a position to be sympathetic with the cause.
To be fair, the failure here seems to be that of the state and local officials who smelled a money bonanza in Ham’s project and/or thought it would be a good idea to soak taxpayers to support their religious beliefs.
Until someone gets a good look at the theme parks’ accounts, it isn’t clear that “Ark Encounter” itself is a failure, just that it hasn’t helped the local economy. Ham and his cronies could be pocketing a decent piece of change.
He’s definitely cursed with a creepy beard, but it’s tough not to see that as self-inflicted.
Tom & Cecil, hosts of the podcast Cognitive Dissonance took one for the team and checked out the Ark. They had a tough time talking they were laughing so hard.
Well, this is a crowd that you can never expect to get honesty or openness from, but there is indirect evidence.
A single photo from a single Sunday half an hour before the place opened isn’t exactly wildly convincing.
I’ve seen pictures of it, it’s on Google Maps, and to be fair it looks like a beautifully made museum. He really did put the money into making it a nice experience. It’s just full of misguided nonsense.
Well said. As happens so often, it’s the ‘little guys’ that get screwed by the big-talking hucksters who promise fortune.
That said, i can’t see it being a long-term success. It’s about equi-distant from Lexington, Louisville and Cincinnatti, but getting there beyond that takes some effort. Plus, it strikes me as a “one-time” visit, a place you see once because, well. you’re supposed too because everybody’s talking about it, but once seen, there is no particular reason to go back. And I think after the first year or so, Ham is going (or already has) begun to run out of those ‘one-timers’, which is why he’s talking about adding more stuff to the Park (with undoubtedly additional tax breaks included)…after all, Cedar Point (alluded to above) adds new rollercoasters every couple of years…
One thing is for sure; at $50, it will not be getting my business.