UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) – The Latest on the closing of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus (all times local):
10:15 p.m.
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has shut down the big top.
After 146 years of existence, the circus gave its final performance Sunday evening in Uniondale, New York, outside of New York City.
At the end of the 2 ½ hour show, Ringmaster Johnathan Lee Iverson led the performers, crew and audience in an emotional rendition of “Auld Lang Syne.”