Plans for $75 million aquarium approved for Kansas City Zoo
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November 11, 2020
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City parks officials have approved plans for the Kansas City Zoo to build a $75 million aquarium.
The Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners on Tuesday approved spending $500,000 in capital improves to kick off the project, the Kansas City Star reported. Zoo executive director Randy Wisthoff said he hopes to complete designs and begin construction next year. The hope is that the aquarium will open in 2023, Wisthoff said.
The Friends of the Kansas City Zoo, which has been working toward the project for six years, has hired a designer for the proposed 60,000-s...
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