I guess you can't have a circus without Elephants: Ringling Bros is calling it quits.

[Pressure]

After 100 years it looks like the jig is up.

Ringling Bros. circus is closing down after more than 100 years in operation, according to a press release from Feld Entertainment, which has owned the circus for the last 50 years.

"I have made the difficult business decision that Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® will hold its final performances in May of this year," CEO Kenneth Feld said.

High operating costs and the decline of ticket sales "made the circus an unsustainable business for the company," Feld said.

And after "the transition of the elephants off the road, we saw an even more dramatic drop" in ticket sales, Feld said.

For years, the elephants and their dance routines featured prominently in the shows.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/14/entertainment/ringling-circus-closing/index.html

Despite all the animal rights violations I'm kinda sad that kids won't get to see the circus anymore.

 

[tremonthustler1]

This sucks. One less thing for kids to enjoy. I only saw their show twice but it was cool. Next up are zoos, uncle Magic, carnivals...

 

[Pressure]

This sucks. One less thing for kids to enjoy. I only saw their show twice but it was cool. Next up are zoos, uncle Magic, carnivals...

It's crazy how the world is changing. I wonder if the Universoul circus will move to the big time.

 

[Pressure]

They even announced their first female ringmaster a couple of days ago. That's quick turn of events.

Ringling Brothers welcomes first female ringmaster

 

[Unknown Poster]

What the fukk is going on? I always thought the circus would be around for ever. The world is changing in such weird ways. Sad.

 

[Ghost Utmost]

It's crazy how the world is changing. I wonder if the Universoul circus will move to the big time.

I went to one years ago. I walked out feeling proud.

Hopefully.

 

[Benjamin Sisko]

Well I guess the UniverSoul circus won't have any competition now

 

[Unknown Poster]

This sucks. One less thing for kids to enjoy. I only saw their show twice but it was cool. Next up are zoos, uncle Magic, carnivals...

Definitely zoos. Many of the animals in them are going extinct. Pretty soon zoos will be the only places to see them.

 

[Pressure]

What the fukk is going on? I always thought the circus would be around for ever. The world is changing in such weird ways. Sad.

Is the world so strange we don't need the circus anymore?

The human cannonball ?

The wheel of death?

The globe of death?

The Elephants!

The cacs...

 

[lespaulultra3]

Dam. Me and my sons would go every year when they came to Houston. It was also nice to see them last year when they had a brother for the Ringmaster. The show will be missed.

 

[newworldafro]

Sad.

Still got UniverSoul Circus right?

This sucks. One less thing for kids to enjoy. I only saw their show twice but it was cool. Next up are zoos, uncle Magic, carnivals...

Idiots trying to remove every slice of fun and enjoyment.

 

[Pressure]

Still got UniverSoul Circus right?

Still booming. I wonder if they'll take in some of the acts or equipment from Ringling Brothers.

 

[Collateral]

Kids rather post 10 second clips on Snapchat in their room than to go to places like the circus sadly

 

[Pressure]

Dam. Me and my sons would go every year when they came to Houston. It was also nice to see them last year when they had a brother for the Ringmaster. The show will be missed.

Real talk. Me and my family did it every year growing up. The cotton candy, those silly glowing globe lights that would always break, and of course waiting to see the animals walk by after the show.

 

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