Ok, I am certainly not an expert on this, but read one other time on here that you should buy advance tickets.
If they sell enough, maybe they'll stay open. And even if they don't, they'd refund your money so you really wouldn't be losing anything. Unless you had to pay a lot for travel or something.
But at least if they know they're selling tickets for a few months ahead, they'll try to stay open, you know?
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