I wish the new acquarium was being built downtown, it's a very cool building. It will be a world class facility, and apparantly will supplant the Denver acquarium as the largest between Chicago and the West Coast. I will say though that Draper is fairly convenient to the acquarium's most devoted base, that of hundreds of thousands of children in the South Salt Lake and Utah Valleys.
The plans for the Soccer Stadium had always included a substantial lifestyle center surrounding it's perimeter. Looks like the new ownership will be able to make that a reality in the near future. Good to hear.
http://www.ereleases.com/
The new 136,000-square-foot Draper facility (nearly three times the size of the current Sandy aquarium) will showcase 62 exhibits including a 300,000 gallon shark tank with a 40-foot walk through tunnel. Officials expect completion of the new aquarium in December of 2013, at which time the livestock from the current aquarium in Sandy will be transported to their new home in Draper. The aquarium will then be renamed The Loveland Living Planet Aquarium.
The $20 million new facility is possible because of rapid growth in attendance at the current Sandy aquarium in addition to private donations, grants, and a $13 million Draper City bond.
The Living Planet Aquarium at Sandy will remain open during the construction of the new facility.
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