Ripley's Toronto Aquarium opening 2013

This is great news for Toronto!

The Ripley's Aquarium is set to open in Summer 2013 and will be located at the base of the CN tower.

Some fun facts!

• It will be 12,500 square metre building
• There will be 450 aquatic species
• 13,500 sea and fresh water inhabitants
• Living in 6 million litres of water
• They will have a lagoon with a 96 metre moving walkway
• It will create 600 preconstruction jobs and 350 jobs after it is built
• The city anticipates an annual economic benefit is $35 million

Toronto was in need for some fresh attractions to bring in tourist dollars and to give us Torontonians to get excited about!

You can follow this project on line at www.RipleyAquarium.com/Canada