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PNE making cuts to prices and schedules
VANCOUEVR/CKNW(AM980)
Marcella Bernardo | Email news tips to Marcella
2/5/2013

Prices for one of BC's most popular attractions are dropping.
 
The organizers of Vancouver's Pacific National Exhibition are reducing the 17-day fair to 15.
 
They say the first two Mondays are usually the slowest.
 
Shutting down operations those days makes it easier to cut parking and general admission prices by 20 per cent.
 
President and CEO Michael McDaniel says feedback from visitors made it clear the annual fair needs to be more family-friendly.
 
Kids under 13 still get in free.
 
This year's PNE runs from August 17th through September 2nd.

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  1. HedgeH posted on 02/05/2013 02:09 PM
    Sweet! Now BC Ferries should tear a page out of this book.
  2. AldinaI posted on 02/05/2013 03:25 PM
    and the Canucks!
  3. ChrisM_18 posted on 02/05/2013 10:21 PM
    I'm happy to hear a reduction is possible but it's not obvious from the numbers presented
    1. Ken280 posted on 02/05/2013 10:54 PM
      @ChrisM_18 Cut parking and general admission prices by 20 per cent. Then all the vendors will get you for $10+ Hot dog!
  4. joes_2868 posted on 02/06/2013 10:18 AM
    Ken280: You take a packed lunch from home where ever you go, right?
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