Thor’s Tipi director Amanda Monaghan told the Press she received a call from the hotel around 6pm, whilst she was working in Museum Garden’s at Thor’s Tipi’s other Christmas venue.
However, the popular hotel attraction, which opened on Friday, was closed on Monday as scheduled, so the damage did not present a threat to anyone.
Amanda said: “The tent did not fall down. The canvas got ripped. There was a big hole.”
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