Aquarium could be coming to Jacksonville?

[duvaldude08]

My favorite reason for building an aquarium is we don' t have a place where families can come to look at fish and other aquatic wildlife in north florida....
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...because apparently, its just too hard to look out into the ocean or down into the St. Johns River to see them.

I dont think no one can see anything in the St Johns beyond the sluge 

[vicupstate]

Uh oh!!! Sounds like an epic battle for the shipyard property! The space needle vs the aquarium.... Good thing the city didn't break up the large parcel and allow intuition to buy a small portion. these projects are totally going to require the whole land area and definitely get built. [/sarcasm]

Would it be possible to build a space needle with a rotating aquarium at the top?

A still better idea: a space needle with a rotating aquarium and an IKEA at the base.   That would be the death knell for Orlando.   It might need to be a Nordstrom instead of an Ikea, to get the mayor on board.

[copperfiend]

My favorite reason for building an aquarium is we don' t have a place where families can come to look at fish and other aquatic wildlife in north florida....
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...because apparently, its just too hard to look out into the ocean or down into the St. Johns River to see them.

I was at the beach one day last summer when a manta ray got pretty close to the shore, as close I remember seeing before. I thought it was awesome. But based on the reactions I saw, you'd think that Jaws himself was making a beeline for the shallow end. Alot of people love nature...when it's behind glass.

[Todd_Parker]

http://www.actionnewsjax.com/content/topstories/story/Aquarium-could-be-coming-to-Jacksonville/ZDoGFJgnNkuEDa9HYsz-BQ.cspx

What are the chances this will get done?

Sadly, probably about the same as Jacksonville getting any kind of commuter rail/light rail/streetcar/skyway expansion project completed.

[blizz01]

still better idea: a space needle with a rotating aquarium and an IKEA at the base.   That would be the death knell for Orlando.   It might need to be a Nordstrom instead of an Ikea, to get the mayor on board.

Will all of our NBA players live there too?

[Ocklawaha]

Hey wait a minute, you guys left out the 6 lane BRT transit mall through downtown and the aerial cable cars over the river!

I would be a hoot to have our resident rendering artist Jason, collect all of these and toss them in a single image.

Meanwhile in San Francisco (where they have completed fixed transit) the new Transbay Terminal is well underway along with the 31 new building's in the SoMa!

PULL YOUR HEAD OUT JACKSONVILLE!

[Jason]

If I were to compile all of the failed proposals into one model this city would look like Manhattan!! 

[tufsu1]

just wait...next up is the International Swimming Hall of Fame!

[Charles Hunter]

Maybe they could combine the Aquarium shark tank with the Swimming Hall of Fame lap pool.

[KuroiKetsunoHana]

Maybe they could combine the Aquarium shark tank with the Swimming Hall of Fame lap pool.

[nswain1110]

The Downtown Aquarium in Denver was built in '99 for $93 million and it's 107,000sf... Not sure how these guys plan on building a 150,000sf facility for $105 million with todays construction costs. Maybe they'll build using recyclable materials?

[I-10east]

Maybe they could combine the Aquarium shark tank with the Swimming Hall of Fame lap pool.

Haha, Animaniacs!!!

[Rynjny]

http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2014/04/14/aquajax-evaluating-two-downtown-jacksonville-sites.html

Guess there's some steam to this project.

[KenFSU]

http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/news/2014/04/14/aquajax-evaluating-two-downtown-jacksonville-sites.html

Guess there's some steam to this project.

That's a really neat idea, partnering with the Jacksonville Zoo and having a boat that takes visitors from the zoo to the aquarium and vice versa. You're right, it sounds like there might be a little more steam to this project than originally thought. I'd love to see it.

[Rynjny]

http://www.wokv.com/news/news/local/aquajax-pushes-world-class-aquarium-downtown-jax/nfhz5/

In this article it said the financial backing is secured...so looking good??