From the Niagara Falls Review:
An underwhelming tourist season and expiring visas have forced Cirque Niagara to shut its season down two weeks early. After gaining a foothold in the Niagara market last year, the made-in-Russia circus endured a slow summer, performing fewer shows before smaller crowds. The show’s $1.3 million tent at Rapids View Park will be dismantled after Sunday’s show.
The season was scheduled to run until Oct. 6.
“We’ve got a lot of overhead, and revenues were not what we expected this year,” said Jana Ray, Cirque Niagara’s director of sales and marketing. “We still did quite well, but at the same time it wasn’t our expectations.”