Corvette Museum sinkhole has become tourist attraction, will be preserved
A massive聽sinkhole聽that swallowed eight cars at the National聽Corvette聽Museum聽in the U.S. has become such a popular attraction that officials want to preserve it. They may even put one or two of the crumpled cars back inside the hole.
The board of the聽museum聽in Kentucky voted Wednesday to preserve a large section of the聽sinkhole聽that opened beneath themuseum聽in February.
The damaged cars toppled like toys amid rocks, concrete and dirt. The cars carry a total value believed to exceed $1 million. The cars were eventually pulled out of the giant hole to great fanfare.
Museum聽officials say attendance is up nearly 60 percent from March to the start of this week. The聽museum聽sells sinkhole-related shirts, post cards and prints.
The聽museum聽struggled in prior years to keep its doors open,聽museum聽officials said.
The cars that took the plunge were a 2001 Mallett Hammer Z06聽Corvette, a 1962 black聽Corvette, a 1993 ZR-1 Spyder, a 1984 PPG Pace Car, a 1992 White 1 Millionth聽Corvette, a 2009 white 1.5 Millionth聽Corvette, a 2009 ZR1 Blue Devil and a 1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary聽Corvette.
Sinkholes聽are common in the area, located amid a large region of karst bedrock where many of Kentucky's largest and deepest caves run underground.
