[-1:-2.00]from 750 francs at the time of the opening,
[-1:-3.00]and that some rooms were being offered at 400 francs for the winter season.
[-1:-4.00]Analysts believe hotel use has been running at about 68 percent of capacity,
[-1:-5.00]although it is currently over 90 percent.
[-1:-6.00]"The key issue is costs," said one financial expert.
[-1:-7.00]"They have no idea what their winter attendance levels will be
[-1:-8.00]and they're battling to get costs to an appropriate level.
[-1:-9.00]The stock's still too expensive,
[-1:10.00]but I think in the long term they'll get it right."
[-1:11.00]Still, huge doubt hangs over the company's plans
[-1:12.00]to keep the theme park open through the cold European winter —
[-1:13.00]something no other theme park in Europe has ever attempted.
[-1:14.00]Last month, the company said it was having difficulty attracting people
[-1:15.00]from the Paris region. Mr. Forsgren said that French attendance was improving
[-1:16.00]and accounted for 1 million of the 3.6 million visitors,
[-1:17.00]with most of the rest coming from Britain and Germany.
[-1:18.00]Only 1 percent of visitors have been American.
[-1:19.00]For its third quarter ending June 30,
[-1:20.00]the first in which the park had been operating,
[-1:21.00]the company announced revenues of 2.47 billion francs ($492 million),
[-1:22.00]but gave no profit or loss figures in line with the French practice
[-1:23.00]of only giving such figures at year's end.
[-1:24.00]In the first half, the company earned 75 million francs,
[-1:25.00]mainly from investment income and sale of construction rights on its site.
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