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    Push continues for Albany aquarium | All Over Albany

    New York State's Capital Region is in badly need of an aquarium or zoo I hope it gets built. But I can't say I'm too hopeful it will knowing the history of the Capital Region lack of action on ideas in the past.
     
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    Part of the question may be "If," but then a bigger concern is "What exactly?"
    There are many rather cheap aquariums being thrown into developmwnts these days.
     
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    Right now the plans aren't really clear but there taking about an aquarium in the $50 Million range.
     
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    The consultant they hired is widely used and well respected.
    They are not aquarium designers, but rather gauge likely economic benefits from the aquarium. They would specify what size aquarium would yield the desired results
     
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    So now it just needs $150million and off you go!
    Of course, there are aquariums and there are Aquariums!
     
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    Perhaps we shouldn't rush to pre-order our AquaAlbany t-shirts just yet then
     
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    These three Sea Life franchises (Arizona, Kansas City and Orlando) are all around 25,000 sq. ft. in size. A facility somewhat geographically close to the proposed project would be Jenkinson's Aquarium in New Jersey, which is approximately 23,000 sq. ft. while Aquarium of Niagara (in New York) is 32,000 sq. ft. in size. Those examples should give you an idea of the size of the Rotterdam Square Mall Aquarium if it is built. There are approximately 130 aquariums in the United States and the establishments that are around 25,000 sq. ft. in size are smack-dab in the middle in terms of size...meaning that the average visitor only spends an hour inside the facility. For a Sea Life franchise, a single individual often struggles to spend more than 30 minutes visiting the attraction.
     
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