The New York Times confirmed the news that Big Apple Circus has announced that it will no longer perform under its signature big top at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in Manhattan or anywhere else in the country.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/27/nyregion/big-apple-circus.html?_r=0
http://gothamist.com/2016/07/27/rip_big_apple_circus.php