And another one! A new SeaQuest aquarium will open late next year in the Ridgmar Mall, Fort Worth: Ridgmar Mall Adding 27,000-Square-Foot Aquarium in 2017 SeaQuest recently opened its first aquarium (SeaQuest Utah) and the second debuts in a few days in Las Vegas (New Las Vegas Aquarium to Open November).
Wow! That puts the Dallas-Fort Worth area at an astounding five zoological facilities: Dallas Zoo Dallas World Aquarium Children's Aquarium at Fair Park Fort Worth Zoo And the new SeaQuest Fort Worth. Two more can be considered part of the area as well, each around an hour away: Fossil Rim Wildlife Center SeaLife Grapevine That's a lot of aquatic facilities for one area, though it's true that three are rather small.
Actually, within an hour or less of the Dallas-Fort Worth area there will now be a whopping 15 zoos and aquariums. I've toured 13 of them, missing only the upcoming SeaQuest Interactive Aquarium (they are turning into the new SeaLife franchise!) and International Exotic Animal Sanctuary. The other 13 I reviewed on the ZooChat thread "Snowleopard's 2015 Road Trip" and there are photos of the establishments in the gallery. Dallas-Fort Worth Area (15): Frank Buck Zoo (Gainesville) Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary (McKinney) International Exotic Animal Sanctuary (Boyd) Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch (Pilot Point) In Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue & Educational Center (Wylie) C.A.R.E. (Center for Animal Research & Education) (Bridgeport) East Texas Gators & Wildlife Park (Grand Saline) Sea Life Grapevine (Grapevine) Fort Worth Zoo (Fort Worth) Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (Glen Rose) Dallas Zoo (Dallas) Dallas World Aquarium (Dallas) Children’s Aquarium at Fair Park (Dallas) SeaQuest Interactive Aquarium (Fort Worth) Texas Discovery Gardens: Butterfly House & Insectarium (Dallas)
@snowleopard: wow! I figured I had forgotten one or two (I've visited the Discovery Gardens) but that's a great amount more than I expected.
