no the recession isn't over.....but it is getting better. I would imagine it would keep the same people away this year that didn't go last year. But I bet the bad PR about the place will be a bigger reason why attendance drops if it does.
look at it this way:
08 promised the place didnt deliver. many people mad.
09 finally in the place, lots of people mad.
seeing how we havent even seen the 08 attendance numbers, and with rumors of anywhere from 12-15k paying customers last summer, I'd say they are doing all they can to boost sales now, because 10k or below will not only be embarrassing, it will also seriously hurt the pocketbooks.
and if they decide in 2011 to jack up regional prices to compensate, it will really #### some people off