Thanks for the update. According to their website, the St. Augustine Aquarium is due to open at some point this year. I'd never even heard of the new Sea Life facility but that will be Sea Life #9 in the USA when it opens in 2017. What is incredible is that the USA has approximately 130 aquariums and around 75 of them have opened since 1990. If we fast-forward a decade there will surely be many more Sea Life franchises proliferating across the landscape.
Another OdySea Aquarium is opening in San Diego: http://seaportsandiegoca.com/shared/2016/06/A-2.pdf The Place - Seaport "opening at 2021 at the earliest" Port favors $1.2B spire plan to replace Seaport Village
Here is an updated list of new aquariums, including 5 that opened in 2016 and 6 that are due to open in 2017. By my count the USA will reach a total of 136 aquariums next year and approximately 55% of them will have opened since 1990. Amazing! New Aquariums in the USA since 1990 Texas State Aquarium - TX = 1990 Audubon Aquarium of the Americas – LA = 1990 Dolphin Connection – FL = 1990 Jenkinson’s Aquarium – NJ = 1991 Birch Aquarium – CA = 1992 Oregon Coast Aquarium - OR = 1992 Dallas World Aquarium – TX = 1992 Adventure Aquarium – NJ = 1992 (reopened in 2005 after renovation) Tennessee Aquarium – TN = 1992 Seacoast Science Center – NH = 1992 Marine Mammal Care Center – CA = 1992 South Florida Museum: Parker Manatee Aquarium - FL = 1993 (aquarium opening) Maine State Aquarium - ME = 1993 Central Coast Aquarium – CA = 1994 (formerly Avila Beach Sea Life Center) The Florida Aquarium – FL = 1995 Albuquerque Aquarium – NM = 1996 Aquazoo Aquarium – NY = 1996 Sea Life Minnesota – MN = 1996 (became a Sea Life facility in 2011) Aquarium of the Bay – CA = 1996 (reopened in 2000 after bankruptcy) Santa Monica Pier Aquarium – CA = 1996 Ripley's Aquarium at Myrtle Beach – SC = 1997 Maria Mitchell Aquarium – MA = 1997 Alaska SeaLife Center – AK = 1998 Maui Ocean Center – HI = 1998 Aquarium of the Pacific - CA = 1998 Denver Downtown Aquarium – CO = 1999 Newport Aquarium – KY = 1999 Moody Gardens – TX = 1999 for aquarium + 1993 for rainforest pyramid Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce – FL = 1999 Atlantic City Aquarium –NJ = 1999 Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay – NV = 2000 South Carolina Aquarium - SC = 2000 Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies – TN = 2000 Discovery Cove - FL = 2000 Long Island Aquarium – NY = 2000 Great Lakes Aquarium – MN = 2000 Seymour Marine Discovery Center - CA = 2000 Ocean Institute: Ocean Education Center - CA = 2002 Houston Downtown Aquarium – TX = 2003 Oklahoma Aquarium – OK = 2003 ECHO Lake Aquarium & Science Center – VT = 2003 National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium – IA= 2003 World Aquarium – MO = 2004 (1993 founding and it changed locations twice) Flint RiverQuarium – GA = 2004 Georgia Aquarium – GA = 2005 Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center – CA = 2005 Exploration Center & Aquarium: Easton’s Beach – RI = 2006 Exploration Center & Aquarium: South Coast Center – RI = 2007 Loggerhead Marinelife Center – FL = 2007 Georgia Sea Turtle Center – GA = 2007 California Academy of Sciences – CA = 2008 (Steinhart Aquarium) Sea Life Carlsbad – CA = 2008 Sea Life Arizona – AZ = 2010 Sea Life Grapevine – TX = 2011 Aquarium of Boise – ID = 2011 Sea Life Kansas City – MO = 2012 Greater Cleveland Aquarium – OH = 2012 Portland Aquarium – OR = 2012 Austin Aquarium – TX = 2013 Doheny State Beach Interpretative Center & Aquarium – CA = 2014 (reopening) Loveland Living Planet Aquarium – UT = 2014 Sea Life Charlotte-Concord – NC = 2014 San Antonio Aquarium – TX = 2014 Florida Keys Aquarium Encounters – FL = 2014 Sea Life Michigan – MI = 2015 Sea Life Orlando – FL = 2015 OdySea Aquarium – AZ = 2016 Dolphinaris – AZ = 2016 SeaQuest Interactive Aquarium – UT = 2016 SeaQuest Interactive Aquarium – NV = 2016 Via Aquarium – NY = 2016 St. Augustine Aquarium – FL = 2017 Museum of Science – FL = 2017 Wonders of Wildlife National Museum & Aquarium – MO = 2017 SeaQuest Interactive Aquarium – TX = 2017 Sea Life Meadowlands – NJ = 2017 Shreveport Aquarium – LA = 2017 Future Years: St. Louis Aquarium – MO = 2018? Mississippi Aquarium – MS = 2019?
