Unlike its namesake, Shania Twain Centre in Timmins rarely drew needed numbers

The Canadian Press

TIMMINS, Ont. - Attendance figures for the $10-million Shania Twain Centre in Timmins, Ont., which permanently shuts its doors Friday after failing to draw a projected 50,000 tourists a year. Numbers refer to combined admissions to the Shania Twain exhibits and to the co-located gold mine tour:

2002 — 14,567

2003 — 8,957

2004 — 7,617

2005 — 9,861

2006 — 9,857

2007 — 9,607

2008 — 9,617

2009 — 10,229

2010 — 9,151

(Source: PKF Consulting Inc. report May 2011)