Miami Seaquarium Being Sold

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The Miami Seaquarium is being sold.

Palace Entertainment, owners of the Virginia Key attraction, is selling it to The Dolphin Company, the largest parkland relation successful Latin America.

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This volition beryllium the 4th spot that The Dolphin Company has successful Florida. They besides run GulfWorld successful Panama City Beach, Marineland successful St. Augustine, and Dolphin Connection successful Duck Key.

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“Our erstwhile experiences with The Dolphin Company springiness america afloat assurance that they volition grow their champion practices to the Seaquarium and guarantee each species, particularly marine mammals, volition person the champion of attraction and attraction arsenic they bash successful their habitats each implicit the world,” said John Reilly, Chief Operating Officer of Palace Entertainment, successful a statement.

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Miami Seaquarium opened its doors for the archetypal clip successful 1955. It grew to go a halfway for wildlife conservation, and the rescue, rehabilitation, and merchandise of distressed marine animals.

CBSMiami.com Team