A commenter at PeoriaIllinoisan’s site gave me a fantastic idea! Given the huge success of “Titanic: Treasures from the Deep,” why not use the same format for Peoria’s proposed museum? That’s right: put the whole thing in a trailer and park it in various parking lots in the tri-county area throughout the year! Think of the benefits:
- It would be truly regional.
- Using the Delta concept, the displays could change regularly, giving visitors a different experience each time it comes to a new parking lot.
- It would be a lot cheaper than a $140 million building and would free up the land downtown for ventures that will bring revenue into the city.
- There is no shortage of large surface parking lots to utilize for the traveling exhibits.
- The county wouldn’t have to raise the sales tax rate; or, if they did, they could leverage the new income in such a way as to help plug the budget deficit.
I’m liking this idea more and more every time I think about it.
They could start off by useing the Cubs Foods parking lot. It would be better than the semi’s that have been using it.
Mitch
CJ I’m not sure if you are serious or if this is tounge and cheek. Please clarify before I exert any effort disagreeing with you.
Pros: for a Mobile Museum:
1.) I am sure that no one would have to wait four hours in line to see the Peoria Mobile Museum exhibits!
2.) When the flood waters rise…start the engines and move to higher ground!
3.) CAT would save millions and be able to hire back all of those laid-off workers!
4.) CAT would save millions and be able to support TWO NASCAR TEAMS!
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Cons: against a Mobile Museum
1.) How would a couple of mobile museums generate MILLIONS for our local economy?
2.) THOUSANDS of ‘local’ construction workers would still be out of work.
3.) How would Peoria’s well-to-do immortalize themselves? There would be no brick walls for them to hang big bronze plaques with their names on.
4.) CAT would have to find a new way to waste money.
5.) There would be NO reason to ‘stick it’ to everyone and raise taxes.
6.) Without the museum, we would all just be a bunch of ‘gun-toting hicks’ with no culture [get it?].
7.) Without the quality of education provided by the museum, how would we provide for our children’s future?!? Certainly not school…?!?
8.) Without building the museum, how would Peoria maintain it’s wonderful custom of building ‘money-pit,’ tax payer supported boondoggles? Peoria HAS to be known for something besides booze and hookers [not that I see anything wrong with booze and hookers]….?!?
9.) Where would LAKEVIEW go?
10.) Peoria City/County would have to authorize the construction of one really HUGE mega-bus! That way all of the Museum Partners would be happy, slappy and crappy. Afterall, Ray LaHood did say we must ALL learn to play nice together!
I forgot to mention…………………………
I heard that Museum Planners are moving against the Titantic Mobile Museum!
My ‘sources’ tell me the museum group is trying to prevent the Titanic exhibit from EVER coming back to the Peoria area…………………………….!
Apparently the museum group is VERY worried that the Titanic exhibit will attract more people in three days than the Peoria Regional Museum will attract in THREE YEARS!
Diane — Does it matter? The people have spoken. They want their entertainment at the expense of basic services, and that’s final. Who cares? Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow the city and county go bankrupt! Whee! I’m just having a little fun, taking part in the frivolity…..
Jocularity Jocularity!
I’m telling ya CJ you just need to move to E Peoria where everything is perfect.
Oh, I wouldn’t think of it, Peoriafan. Not when Peoria is just on the verge of Utopia.
My aren’t we punchy.
My kids start acting that way when they haven’t gotten enough sleep. 😉
” Why not put the Peoria museum in a trailer? ” ….
OK! Check out Peoria Illinois’s, new, ” WHITE TRASH ” museum complete with ‘ hands on ‘ exhibits featuring:
The ” Plaza ” : We ain’t gotten around to mowin the grass yet.
” On-site Parking ” : SEE ‘ THE PLAZA ‘ above. Pick up trucks are welcome on the grass.
The ” Music Experience ” : Hank Williams, Jr. and Toby Keith blaring throughout the
riverfront.
The ” Hillbilly Hall of Fame ” : The Grand Ole Opry, Hee Haw, Hatfield and McCoy exhibit, the Branson Vacation Sweepstakes.
The ” Redneck Gallery ” : NASCAR memorabilia, countless firearms, giant Confederate flags and other Civil War memorabilia, blaring country music, and a GOP office w/NRA membership booth.
The ” Family Cinema ” : endless videos of ” Cops “, ” Dog the Bounty Hunter “, and ” Walker: Texas Ranger ” episodes.
” Comedy Hall of Fame ” : ” Blue Collar Comedy Tour” and Blue Collar TV.
” Retail Shops ” : Rebel T-shirts, Tattoo Parlors, Pawn Shops, Payday Loans, and ” Harley Davidson Row ” .
” Meth Lab Exhibit ” : NO POLICE OR LIBERALS ALLOWED! ” Anyone got a light? ”
” Restaurants ” : Hooters, Cracker Barrel, and Bob Evans. The ” Six Pack Bar ” : Budweiser, Miller, Jack Daniels, Southern Comfort, anything else that’ll get you drunk.
” Outdoor Fountains ” : Lawn Sprinklers
” Aquatic Display ” : Hot Tubs stocked with ” channel cats ” and, free, Fishing Poles.
” ATM ” : use a, different, Link Card.
” Museum Representatives ” : the Hooter’s girls, your sister, her friend, her cousin with the big t*ts, your daddy, his brother, his half-brother, and y’all know them ones the police are lookin for?
” Live Demonstrations ” How to duck your parole officer, how to make a meth lab and not get ” kilt “, how to get arrested, how to start a fight in a bar, how to smack your wife and kids, how to spot a narc, what to do if your child brings home someone from another race, loving Tazewell County, etc.
” Didn’t We already say, NO LIBERALS ALLOWED?…. ALRIGHT! “
Wow wee somebody has their shorts in a bunch this morning!
PEORIA: How dare you make fun of Steampit Days.
Peoria – you just described Tazewell County!
Lets put the DCFS in a trailer and allow them to vist the neighbors that have the biggest subscription rates
Lets put the states attorney in a trailer so he can visit all the crime infested locations that give him his daily marching orders.
Lets put the city election commission in a trailer.
Lets put the county clerk in a trailer along with the election division for the county registration and vote tabulation functions