I'm going to be honest: if Nik Wallenda really, truly wanted to buy the circus, he wouldn't be doing interviews and radio shows and hyping it up. He'd be formulating a business proposal and long-term plan for the Ringling name, hiring a lawyer, scheduling a real, sincere business meeting with Feld, putting on a suit, and sitting down privately to discuss his proposal to buy the Ringling brand.
But instead he's doing interviews and radio shows and hyping it up. It's a publicity stunt. He wants media attention, that's all.
Nik Wallenda himself and all of his assets are worth around $3 million I'm told. If he cashes in all of his assets and sells all of his equipment and stocks and everything, it will not be enough to buy the Ringling brand. He doesn't have the money or the sincere intent to purchase. Plus, as I keep having to tell people, IT'S NOT FOR SALE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
We are all in severance negotiations with Feld. The majority of our performers are here on green cards, and will have to return to their countries by May. Many of the animals have already been sold. No one is going to "buy" the performers, animals, train, props, equipment, etc. No one except a billionaire has enough money to do that. So WE are not getting saved. If further down the road someone wants to try and form their own circus, by all means. But Ringling, the name and the brand and the rights, are owned by Feld. And until they sell it, Ringling is closing. End of story.
Sorry to be a downer, but there have been a lot of folks clinging to this "Well maybe someone will rescue it" or "Well maybe if we have a bake sale we can buy it". A) That's not how this works, and B) it's just not for sale for anyone to buy. So I hope after this Wallenda nonsense people will get it into their heads that Ringling is closing, for reals.
This isn't meant to be mean or anything, I'm just a realist and this is what's really happening. What people can hope for is more smaller circuses or a new big circus, in the future. That's a realistic hope and I'll subscribe to it too :)
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But instead he's doing interviews and radio shows and hyping it up. It's a publicity stunt. He wants media attention, that's all.
Nik Wallenda himself and all of his assets are worth around $3 million I'm told. If he cashes in all of his assets and sells all of his equipment and stocks and everything, it will not be enough to buy the Ringling brand. He doesn't have the money or the sincere intent to purchase. Plus, as I keep having to tell people, IT'S NOT FOR SALE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
We are all in severance negotiations with Feld. The majority of our performers are here on green cards, and will have to return to their countries by May. Many of the animals have already been sold. No one is going to "buy" the performers, animals, train, props, equipment, etc. No one except a billionaire has enough money to do that. So WE are not getting saved. If further down the road someone wants to try and form their own circus, by all means. But Ringling, the name and the brand and the rights, are owned by Feld. And until they sell it, Ringling is closing. End of story.
Sorry to be a downer, but there have been a lot of folks clinging to this "Well maybe someone will rescue it" or "Well maybe if we have a bake sale we can buy it". A) That's not how this works, and B) it's just not for sale for anyone to buy. So I hope after this Wallenda nonsense people will get it into their heads that Ringling is closing, for reals.
This isn't meant to be mean or anything, I'm just a realist and this is what's really happening. What people can hope for is more smaller circuses or a new big circus, in the future. That's a realistic hope and I'll subscribe to it too :)