The big top is covered by a tarpaulin.
Those people market the circus, select the site, put up the big top and do the acts.
The "big top," the circus, the circus riders and all the joyous things attached to the fair present a great attraction to the young people.
Is this the end of the road for the big top?
A circus, of course, is much more than a "big top".
Heavy rainfall and saturated ground conditions can mean that a site is unsuitable and possibly dangerous for erecting the big top.
The central question is this; for how long will families be able to "roll up, roll up" to the big top on their village green, town park or farmer's field?
Does he agree that difficulty in getting to the dome is one of the main reasons that the big top is being written off as the big flop?
