See, the circus train is about a mile long and they can't really bring it into the city and walk the elephants up the escalators from Penn Station.

NPR: When the Elephants March in Manhattan

As the birthplace of Cirque du Soleil and other avant-garde performance troupes, each year Montreal draws thousands of talented performers who come to train and audition in the world capital of circus arts.

BBC: Run away to the circus in Montreal