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Attendance Addendum <br />Since opening in 2013, we have had free admission to the farm. This allowed guests to pay for individual <br />activities. lt also allowed guests to come to the farm, take part in all the free offerings, then go home <br />without making a single purchase. That said, it has been our intention to review our overall pay <br />structure. <br />After attending a NAFDMA conference in February this year (which promotes agritourism across the <br />country), it became clear that paid admission is a must, both for us and our guests. However, while farm <br />after farm recommended the change, they all said it would be a horrible transition. One farm owner <br />called it, "the year from hell", as she described the push back they received from guests. <br />l've added this addendum because I briefly mention the change in our patch Covid Plan, however, I <br />didn't go into on the repercussions this will have on attendance. <br />After speaking with well over two dozen pumpkin patches from all over the country, we learned that <br />they saw a drop in overall attendance of 30-50% when they rolled out paid admission. That's HUGEI And <br />while that's terrifying to me as a business owner, I strongly believe that this is the time, both for our <br />bottom line and in an effort to curb attendance during the current Covid environment. <br />So, when we stated an average of 100-150 guests in any given hour (depending on the weekend), we <br />want you to understand that those numbers will drop by 3O%-5O%, putting the average hourly guest <br />count at 50-75 people, across the entire farm. <br />Finally, I would also like to point out at that a state level, pumpkin patches across Washington are <br />moving forward. Bob's Corn Maze & Pumpkin Farm, the largest patch in WA, is moving full steam ahead: <br />,G'qs,t Bob's Corn Maze and Pumpkin Farm <br />Yesterday at 12:32 PIM O <br />You guys asked and here is our answer... you can now purchase ALL <br />TICKETS ONLINEI! .Join us on weekdays, weekends, frorn mid August <br />through the end of October! Get youf tickets in advance and skip the <br />lines! Visit our website to purchase your tickets OR your season pass <br />for access to the entire farm all season longl <br />#bobscornandpumpkinfarm #farmwork #farmlife #farmjob #all <br />#fallfun #farmlife #snohomish #snohomishcounty #pnwlife #pnw