Quote Originally Posted by poobert View Post
So it's really just to lure shoppers and as a place to dump the kids.

Most national aquariums are in nice public environments.

I'm not even saying it has to be in the city. What about on the waterfront downriver? At a Metro Park?

Seriously, in a mall? In the middle of nowhere.

Glad we still have the BI aquarium as an alternative.

Why does everything here have to be lame and stupid? This whole region is like it was built on stuff your buddy's mom thinks is cool.
Actually, this is just copying what's existed in lots of malls for yrs. and 35,000 sq. ft is hardly gigantic by aquarium standards. You can dump the kids there - as long as you're back in 30 minutes or less.