cleveland aquarium
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MeVsTheWorld
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Hey check this out.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1656839
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Hey check this out.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1656839
I know I'm an a$$hole
Futurecanadian
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Thats great, but will that alienate the ClevelandAquarium.org groups future plans? Not that I am not totally pumped. I will be happy with anything this cool.
Rhodophyta
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MeVsTheWorld
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Couldn't help it Joe, just being me :lol:
:lol:Its interesting that it takes a private venture on their own property to get the ball rolling; Channel 3 news quoted 1-1/2 yrs to opening day last night. I think this would be a great stepping stone to generate public interest and support for a larger Cleveland Aquarium. Maybe a cooperation or merger down the road. Unfortunately, if you read the PD article it seems like their already at odds..... ie. not our vision and won't be viable. Cleveland Politics again.....
On the plus side.... if we can have our meetings there we will finally have beer available!!!
On the plus side.... if we can have our meetings there we will finally have beer available!!!
PirateFish52
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If you look at clevelandaquarium.org website, it seems that they had only raised $150,000 cash for the construction as of early 2008, while trying to get an aquarium built since 1999 with little success.
From the PD article and on cleveland aquarium.org's website:
What happened to plans for a new Cleveland aquarium?
The plans remain afloat, though little progress has been made since a nonprofit group called Cleveland Aquarium Inc. was formed in 1999.
Christopher Bonar, the group's president, said many people are still enthusiastic about the idea of building an aquarium in downtown Cleveland. The old one at Gordon Park was closed in 1985, and the sea creatures were moved to the Cleveland
Metroparks Zoo, where they share a building with chimpanzees and leopards.
"There's a huge amount of interest out there among people who remember the old aquarium and Sea World and miss having an attraction like that in the region," said Bonar, who is an associate veterinarian at the zoo.
His group has been in quiet negotiations with the city and developers to find a site along the lakefront or on the banks of the Flats. But a deal has been held up by constantly shifting plans to move the port, build a convention center and medical mart, and redevelop the east bank of the Flats, he said.
Now that those projects seem to be gelling, Bonar's group is ready to make a splash. A professional fundraiser has been hired with an eye toward bringing in the $35 million to $50 million that will be needed. At this point, only about $150,000 has been raised, much of it from an anonymous foundation, Bonar and
Cleveland Aquarium Inc. trustees. Redesign of the Web site (clevelandaquarium.org) is almost finished, and a "provisional" architectural scheme has been drawn up, Bonar said. Almost $1 million worth of equipment from Sea World is waiting in storage. But a grand opening is easily three to five years down the road."
From the PD article and on cleveland aquarium.org's website:
What happened to plans for a new Cleveland aquarium?
The plans remain afloat, though little progress has been made since a nonprofit group called Cleveland Aquarium Inc. was formed in 1999.
Christopher Bonar, the group's president, said many people are still enthusiastic about the idea of building an aquarium in downtown Cleveland. The old one at Gordon Park was closed in 1985, and the sea creatures were moved to the Cleveland
Metroparks Zoo, where they share a building with chimpanzees and leopards.
"There's a huge amount of interest out there among people who remember the old aquarium and Sea World and miss having an attraction like that in the region," said Bonar, who is an associate veterinarian at the zoo.
His group has been in quiet negotiations with the city and developers to find a site along the lakefront or on the banks of the Flats. But a deal has been held up by constantly shifting plans to move the port, build a convention center and medical mart, and redevelop the east bank of the Flats, he said.
Now that those projects seem to be gelling, Bonar's group is ready to make a splash. A professional fundraiser has been hired with an eye toward bringing in the $35 million to $50 million that will be needed. At this point, only about $150,000 has been raised, much of it from an anonymous foundation, Bonar and
Cleveland Aquarium Inc. trustees. Redesign of the Web site (clevelandaquarium.org) is almost finished, and a "provisional" architectural scheme has been drawn up, Bonar said. Almost $1 million worth of equipment from Sea World is waiting in storage. But a grand opening is easily three to five years down the road."
Rhodophyta
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When SeaWorld opened, that meant there were two aquarium-type places to go to in the Cleveland area, and the Aquarium beforehand thought they might lose attendance to the new facility. However, what happened was that the visitor numbers went up at the old aquarium. Having two or three small public aquariums in the same area would have that same synergy, drawing more people more often from farther away than any one of them could alone. Except in the political mindset, these are not competing ideas. They could complement each other and make each other more successful. But those with politics on their burners before all else will not risk seeing it that way.
The Jacobs idea, considering who they are using for design, is small, possibly like the one already in Youngstown in a shopping center. However the location and business neighbors (bars, etc.) make this one less of a family destination.
The Jacobs idea, considering who they are using for design, is small, possibly like the one already in Youngstown in a shopping center. However the location and business neighbors (bars, etc.) make this one less of a family destination.
BrunstuckyJoe
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I remember the old Gordon park aquarium...used to go there as a kid....in the 60's......it got really run down near the end....I grew up right down the road off of St. Clair Ave.
Rhodophyta
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The exhibits and care of the fish was not run down even up to the moment the city decided to close it down in favor of a new huge Aquarium that was never to be built. What made everything look run down, besides being in the middle of an increasingly seedy neighborhood, was that a softball park was adjacent to the aquarium. When balls were hit up onto the Aquarium's roof, the players would boost someone up to retrieve the ball. Most never bothered to remove their spikes and there were always new trails of gouged holes right through the aquarium's rubber membrane roof after every weekend. The constant damage ruined the ceilings inside. Parts of the roof were so weakened, it was pure luck none of the softball players up there never fell through.
BrunstuckyJoe
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I didn't mean the care of the fish....i meant the building and the area...wasn't there a proposal to build it at the sight of the old Captain Frank's spot at one time......before it became the rock hall and voinovich park?
Rhodophyta
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This was indeed something that was going to happen, in or near that spot..... but then keeping a pro football team and getting a new stadium took priority.
BrunstuckyJoe
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I am so looking forward to visiting another Cleveland aquarium.
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