想买动物园吗？来缅因州吧

你是不是一直想要养一只像水獭、鸵鸟或孟加拉虎这样的宠物，但烦人的租户委员会或社区协会却极力反对？你的机会来了。

位于缅因州的动物园、游乐园“约克的野生动物王国”即将出售，要价仅有1420万美元。

这个价格包括明轮船、鬼屋、过山车和摩天轮，以及动物园的70种动物，包括非洲狮、孟加拉虎、狐猴、袋鼠、美洲驼、短吻鳄和多种奇特的鸟类。（抱歉，没有熊或大猩猩。）

占地58英亩（约350亩）的公园还包括一个18洞的迷你高尔夫球场和练习挡网。

2011年马特·达蒙主演的一部电影（《我家买了动物园》——译者注）便描述了这样一种生活，但搜寻这类对这类生活充满向往的人士并非是一件一蹴而就的事情。幸运的是，卖方似乎很有耐心，他们表示动物园并不急着出售，而且公开出售日期有望一直延续至5月“阵亡将士纪念日”那一周的周末。

当然，鉴于房地产市场最近正在向买方市场倾斜，因此价格可能还有商量的余地。很显然，鉴于一些近期开业动物园的经营情况，购买动物园存在风险。（尽管诺亚方舟拥有一个庞大的园中动物园，但该旅游景点去年的售票情况非常不理想。）

要确保拥有源源不断的客流，其中一个方法是制定周密的促销计划，例如Bronx Zoo上个月推出的活动：让人们以其生活中最珍视的人，来命名嘶嘶叫的蟑螂。（财富中文网）

译者：Pessy

审校：夏林

Have you always wanted a pet otter, ostrich or Bengal tiger, but the pesky tenant’s board or neighborhood association wouldn’t allow it? Your time has come.

York’s Wild Kingdom, a Maine-based zoo and amusement park, is up for sale with an asking price of just $14.2 million.

Included in that price are the paddle boats, a haunted house, roller coasters, and a Ferris wheel—along with the zoo’s 70 different species of animals, which include an African lion, Bengal Tiger, lemurs, kangarros, llamas, aligators, and several exotic birds. (Sorry, no bears or gorillas.)

The 58-acre park, which is being listed by King Real Estate, also includes an 18-hole mini golf course and batting cages.

Finding someone to live out the life envisioned in a 2011 Matt Damon movie isn’t something that happens overnight, though. Fortunately, the sellers seem patient, saying they’re not in a rush and expect to remain open through the Memorial Day weekend.

Of course, with the real estate market shifting more in the buyer’s favor of late, that price might be negotiable. And it’s certainly a risk, given how some recent zoo openings have gone. (The Noah’s Ark tourist attraction saw ticket sales dry up last year, despite an extensive on-site zoo.)

One way to ensure visitors keep coming, though, is via a well-thought out promotion, like the one the Bronx Zoo came up with last month, letting people name a hissing cockroach after a significant other.