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		</div><p>The final batch of tickets for Banksy’s Dismaland theme park have sold out in minutes.</p>
<p>Thousands of art fans have flocked to the park, situated at a disused lido in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, since it opened to the public on August 22.</p>
<p>Tickets, costing £3 each, have been snapped up each time a new batch has gone on sale, with the final set released at 10am today, no exception.</p>
<p>Massive Attack were due to play at The Masked Ball at the site on Friday but have pulled out due to “technical complications”.<br />
A statement on the Dismaland website said Pussy Riot, Kate Tempest, Leftfield, De La Soul and DJ Premier would play the event.</p>
<p>“Dress code – due to the amount of paparazzi staking out the park in recent weeks Banksy has requested people come masked-up so he can attend the event without being photographed,” it added.</p>
<p>Those wishing to buy souvenirs of the so-called Bemusement Park can buy T-shirts on the website, costing £20 for adults and £10 for children.</p>
<p>There are almost 2,000 items relating to Dismaland on sale on auction site eBay, with sets of memorabilia listed for £200.<br />
The show, a dark take on theme parks with a nod to Disneyland, was organised in secrecy for months.</p>
<p>Banksy banned spray paint, marker pens, knives and “legal representatives of the Walt Disney Corporation” from the 2.5-acre Tropicana site.</p>
<p>Visitors enter the theme park, which features work by dozens of artists, through a security check made from cardboard by artist Bill Barminski.</p>
<p>They are greeted with a view of the park and Banksy’s fire-ravaged fairytale Cinderella Castle, showing “how it feels to be a real princess”.</p>
<p>There are boats full of asylum seekers which can be driven round a pond, two juggernauts performing ballet and a camp training guests about how to break into bus billboards.</p>
<p>Stewards in matching tabards and Disney-style ears are also part of the exhibition, staring blankly at visitors as they go about their duties.</p>
<p>North Somerset Council, which has described the site as “the centre of the contemporary art universe”, says it will bring £7 million to the local economy.</p>
<p>Dismaland will shut on September 27, with the decommissioning process beginning the following day and expected to take three weeks.</p>
<p>Steve Townsend, Weston town centre manager, said: “The profile of the town has gone through the roof as a result of all the publicity and buzz on social media around Dismaland.</p>
<p>“Some out-of-town food retailers are reporting a 40% increase in business, while some of the high street shops are saying their business has gone up by 10%.”</p>
<p>The council is already discussing the potential to host other events and exhibitions at the Tropicana site in the future.</p>
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