And now the blue and green circus from Dunk City, USA is about to cash in in a major way.

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On February 22nd, in Nagano itself, the mayor of Salt Lake City will formally invite the Winter Olympic circus to pitch its tent in his city in four years' time.

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The almost complete amphitheater and circus outside the main city are made all the more intriguing by virtue of their relative neglect.

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The irritation is not diminished by the fact that the city council recently spent two weeks debating whether circus elephants should be allowed into the city (they are badly treated, said the opponents).

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This is the city that accommodates backpackers in circus tents in summer and has sidewalk champagne cafes, vibrant clubs and whimsical puppet shows.

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See, the circus train is about a mile long and they can't really bring it into the city and walk the elephants up the escalators from Penn Station.

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The Drake Circus scheme, which was supposed to have happened in the late 1980s, will give the city a large covered shopping mall linking to its retail centre for the first time.

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