She spent $1M for a N.S. castle. Now, this Ontario woman needs $750K to let the public in
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If you wish to stay in a castle, you can prebook your stay on Kickstarter, which will in turn allow the Cape Breton property to open to the public quicker.
The queen of a castle in Cape Breton has turned to Kickstarter in an effort to get her property open to the public quicker.
Elaine Knight famously purchased the 10-bedroom, 18-bathroom fortress along the Trans-Canada Highway in Cape Breton last December with plans to turn it into a bed and breakfast and events centre.
She has been seeking outside investment help but has not been able to find others with a like-minded vision for the property.
“I want it to be open to the community for community events,” she noted, explaining that investors thus far wished for it to remain more of a private offering.
“So somebody has suggested Kickstarter because it’s entrepreneurs helping other entrepreneurs.”
Knight noted that there has been plenty of interest from a wide variety of people who are looking to rent or stay at the castle.
“We had such a high number of requests for everything from meetings, conferences, stays, weddings, LARPing murder mysteries,” she explained, noting that they have also heard from people wanting to shoot a music video on the site.
She paid $1 million for the castle and is seeking another $750,000 from others to get it launched.
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