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Re:Egypt is building a $1B mega-museum by casper14 on Monday May 27, 2024 @06:40PM (#40495468)
Yes, likely because they overspend on things like 1B museums
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Re:Egypt is building a $1B mega-museum by dangus on Monday May 27, 2024 @08:25PM (#40496152)
It’s funny to me that people still think $1 billion is a lot of money for a government.

5 million people per year visit the MET in NYC, which is the 5th most popular museum in the world. Tickets are $30. Seven years of revenue is $1 billion.

Almost 15 million people visit the Pyramids of Giza per year. Egypt is the 9th most popular tourist destination in the world.

If only half of those people visit the new museum and spend $30 on admission that means they cross $1 billion in revenue in 5 years, and that assumes nobody buys a damn thing from the gift shop or donates to the endowment.

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Re:Egypt is building a $1B mega-museum by sinaid on Monday May 27, 2024 @08:34PM (#40496197)
And the fomos who will visit Egypt just to see the new shiny thing.
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