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[cityboi]

Looks like The Natural Science Center is getting a 23,000 square foot aquarium.

http://www.news-reco..._science_center

"The Natural Science Center's vision to build North Carolina's only center-of-state aquarium in Greensboro will finally move from blueprints to building construction"

http://www.myfox8.co...0,4454206.story

other plans include expansion of the zoo. The Greensboro Natural Science Center has an OmniSphere Theater which is like an IMAX dome theater.

Edited by cityboi, 19 July 2011 - 02:31 PM.

[twincity]

I wish SciWorks had its act together.  This is great.  Cant wait to visit!

[cityboi]

Natural Science Center breaks ground on Carolina Sciquarium

http://www.digtriad....-The-Sciquarium



I also didn't know that Greensboro is one of four cities in the world that has this state-of-the-art Omnisphere technology. Greensboro was the first city in the United States to use this technology.

http://charlotte.new...-tech-projector

Edited by cityboi, 21 September 2011 - 08:58 AM.

[twincity]

Very creative groundbreaking

[citykidd]

I like the idea of Aquarium in the city, but shouldn't it be located in downtown Greensboro?

Edited by citykidd, 24 September 2011 - 04:36 PM.

[cityboi]

citykidd, on 24 September 2011 - 04:35 PM, said:

I like the idea of Aquarium in the city, but shouldn't it be located in downtown Greensboro?

If it were up to me I would put it downtown next to the Childrens Museum in a mixed-use development on the old Duke Power site. I would also include a "true" IMAX theater with the project. But this will still be great for Greensboro, It will be the only aquarium in the central part of the state. I'm actually surprised that Charlotte hasn't built a major aquarium in uptown Charlotte.