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Planned Exhibits for 2010 - 2011

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  1. Quartz92

    Quartz92 Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Here is a list so far of exhibits that are planned for 2010 to 2011. Feel free to post plans or discuss openings etc.

    Fort Worth Zoo - Museum of Living Art (Spring 2010)
    Birmingham Zoo- Trails of Africa (2011)
    Brookfield Zoo - Great Bear Wilderness (Memorial Day 2010)
    Los Angeles Zoo - Pachyderm Forest (Summer 2010)
    El Paso Zoo- Africa (Spring 2010)
    Oklahoma City Zoo - Children's Zoo Expansion (2010)
    Louisville - Glacier Run (2 phases in 2010 and 2011)
    Columbus Zoo - Polar Frontier (2010)
    Toronto Zoo - African Rainforest Pavilion South Side Renovation (2010)
    Metroparks Zoo Elephant Crossing 2011
    Las Angeles Zoo's Reptile House and Rainforest of the Americas
     
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  2. mstickmanp

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    Also add the LA Zoo's Reptile House and Rainforest of the Americas which will hopefully open in this time frame.
     
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    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Elephant Crossing 2011
     
  4. BlackRhino

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    Here our some more:

    Dallas Zoo- Giants of the Savanna (Spring 2010)
    Kansas City Zoo- Polar Bear exhibit (Summer 2010)
    Houston Zoo- African Forest Phase 1 (December 2010)
    Woodland Park Zoo- Meerkats (2010)
    San Antonio Zoo- Africa Live! Phase 2 (2010)
    Cleveland Metroparks Zoo- African Elephant Crossing (June 2011)
    National Zoo- Elephant Trails (Summer 2011)
    Hogle Zoo- Arctic Edge (2011)
    Memphis Zoo- Zambezi River Hippo Camp (2011)
    Queens Zoo- Jaguar Exhibit (Possibly by 2011, although most likely later)
    Minnesota Zoo- Heart of the Zoo (2011)
    Reid Park Zoo- Expedition Tanzania (2011)
    Toledo Zoo- Elephant exhibit expansion (2011)
    Henry Doorly Zoo- Madagascar complex (2011?)

    I am sure there are more, but these are the ones I could think of off the top of my head.

    Does anyone know about Nashville's South American exhibit? It is suppose to open in 2010, but I don't even think they have broken ground yet.
     
  5. The KCZooman

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    The Kansas City Zoo is in the process of constructing its' new polar bear exhibit for next year and they hope to get started on a new penguin exhibit for 2011.
     
  6. Quartz92

    Quartz92 Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Wow, thats a lot of constructions hopefully all goes through with no cut back and postpones. I am sure each exhibit will look great!
     
  7. BlackRhino

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    The Jaguar exhibit at the Queens Zoo is only in the planning/design stage, so I probably shouldn't have listed it. The Snow Leopard exhibit at Central Park took nearly 5 years from design stage to completion, which may be one of the reasons it turned out so good. WCS puts a lot of time and detail into all their exhibits.

    AEC at Cleveland shouldn't be postponed. The mock-rock already looks really good, and the pools have already been dug. The site the exhibit is being built on had a lot of natural trees, many of which will be part of the exhibit. Also, from the plans it looks like their will be a lot of attention to detail. It's not going to be the biggest though, about 2.25 acres worth of elephant yards, but it will be very high quality.
     
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    Jacksonville should have the phase 2 of Monsoon Asia (Tigers, Asian Small Clawed Otters, Gharials, etc) complete by 2011.
     
  9. geomorph

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    Indianapolis Zoo is building a new cheetah and bat-eared fox exhibit complex in the middle of their existing Plains area for 2010. Construction is in full swing.
     
  10. ANyhuis

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    They're also opening up an Aye-Aye exhibit. Not sure if it opens in 2011 or 2012.
     
  11. Ituri

    Ituri Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    Wow! That's huge! That will make three US zoos exhibiting those amazing primates.
     
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    what zoos currently do???
     
  13. ANyhuis

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    Denver and San Francisco. But the only aye-aye I've ever seen was in Berlin.
     
  14. Quartz92

    Quartz92 Well-Known Member 15+ year member

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    I have added these:
    Vancouver Aquarium - Marine Mammal exhibits expansion
    Wonders of Wildlife - Expansion
    Boise Aquarium (On Hold?)
    Happy Hollow Zoo - Expansion
    Texas State Aquarium - Conservation Cove Phase III
    Virginia Aquarium - The Restless Planet

    To my knowledge they will open sometime in the next 2 years.
     
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    oo I didn't know Boise had an aquarium planned.

    Oregon Zoo's Red Ape Reserve Spring 2010 Will include a brand new home for Orangutans, and White Cheeked Gibbons.
    The Primate building will also transform into the Fragile Forest, where both primates and other forest species.
     
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    Georgia Aquarium's Dolphin Exhibit
     
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    I hear Naples Zoo is going to construct a giraffe exhibit by early 2011.
     
  18. Cat-Man

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    indy zoo komodo dragon exhibit
     
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    So what are you guys most excited for? What do you think will be the best exhibits? Most disappointing?
     
  20. mstickmanp

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    I'm more excited for the Pachyderm Forest to open of course. I'm also excited to see Giants of the Savanna, and MOLA.

    Also, the LA Zoo's Reptile House and Rainforest of the Americas will be completed in 2011 instead of 2010 as I mentioned before. The delay was caused due to the "Elephant wars" that we recently had.