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-105.01417</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date opened</th><td class="infobox-data">June 21, 1999</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Land area</th><td class="infobox-data">17-acre (6.9 ha)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Floor space</th><td class="infobox-data">107,000 square feet (9,900 m<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of animals</th><td class="infobox-data">5,000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> of species</th><td class="infobox-data">500 <sup id="cite_ref-aqua_info_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aqua_info-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Total volume of tanks</th><td class="infobox-data">1,000,000 US gallons (3,785,000 L) <sup id="cite_ref-city-data_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-city-data-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Memberships</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Association_of_Zoos_and_Aquariums" title="Association of Zoos and Aquariums">AZA</a><sup id="cite_ref-aza_list_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aza_list-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.aquariumrestaurants.com/downtownaquariumdenver">www<wbr />.aquariumrestaurants<wbr />.com<wbr />/downtownaquariumdenver</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="200" data-zoom="13" data-overlays="["_4be425003ff19caa09609713b58338ff060ca5d8"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Downtown_Aquarium_%28Denver%29&revid=1247680275&groups=_4be425003ff19caa09609713b58338ff060ca5d8" width="270" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,a,a,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Downtown_Aquarium_%28Denver%29&revid=1247680275&groups=_4be425003ff19caa09609713b58338ff060ca5d8 2x" alt="Map" /></a> <a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="200" data-zoom="16" data-overlays="["_093b59d6a5ebb620884bdade2ddca69da17d4105"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,16,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Downtown_Aquarium_%28Denver%29&revid=1247680275&groups=_093b59d6a5ebb620884bdade2ddca69da17d4105" width="270" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,16,a,a,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Downtown_Aquarium_%28Denver%29&revid=1247680275&groups=_093b59d6a5ebb620884bdade2ddca69da17d4105 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Downtown Aquarium</b> (formerly <b>Colorado's Ocean Journey</b>) is a for profit <a href="/wiki/Public_aquarium" title="Public aquarium">aquarium</a> and <a href="/wiki/Restaurant" title="Restaurant">restaurant</a> located in <a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>, at the intersection of <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=700+water+st+80211">I-25 and 23rd Ave</a>. The 107,000 square feet (9,900 m<sup>2</sup>) main building sits on a 17-acre (6.9 ha) site adjacent to the <a href="/wiki/South_Platte_River" title="South Platte River">South Platte River</a>. Its <a href="/wiki/Freshwater" class="mw-redirect" title="Freshwater">freshwater</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sea_water" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea water">marine</a> aquaria total approximately 1,000,000 US gallons (3,785,000 L), and exhibit a variety of <a href="/wiki/Fish" title="Fish">fish</a> and other animals. </p><p>The Downtown Aquarium in Denver is owned and operated by <a href="/wiki/Landry%27s_Restaurants" class="mw-redirect" title="Landry's Restaurants">Landry's Restaurants, Inc.</a><sup id="cite_ref-landrysrestaurants_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-landrysrestaurants-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is accredited by the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Zoos_and_Aquariums" title="Association of Zoos and Aquariums">Association of Zoos and Aquariums</a> (AZA). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Downtown_Aquarium_(Denver)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Colorado's Ocean Journey was founded by Bill Fleming and Judy Petersen Fleming as a <a href="/wiki/Nonprofit" class="mw-redirect" title="Nonprofit">nonprofit</a> entity. It was partially funded by a $57 million bond loan as well as loans by the department of <a href="/wiki/Housing_and_Urban_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="Housing and Urban Development">Housing and Urban Development</a>, and its total cost was $93 million. The facility opened June 21, 1999 and soon earned accreditation by the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Zoos_and_Aquariums" title="Association of Zoos and Aquariums">Association of Zoos and Aquariums</a> (AZA). </p><p>The Downtown Aquarium was originally called Ocean Journey. It had two guest experiences: one about the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_River" title="Colorado River">Colorado River</a> and another about the <a href="/wiki/Kampar_River" title="Kampar River">Kampar River</a> in <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>. The Ocean Journey aquarium was not able to make payments on its high construction debt, and filed for bankruptcy in April 2002 with a $62.5 million debt. <a href="/wiki/Landry%27s_Restaurants,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="Landry's Restaurants, Inc.">Landry's Restaurants, Inc.</a> purchased the facility in March 2003 for $13.6 million.<sup id="cite_ref-landrysrestaurants2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-landrysrestaurants2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the purchase, the facility remained open to the public until the summer of 2005, when it closed briefly for renovations. These included the addition of a full-service restaurant, bar, and ballroom. A 150,000-US-gallon (568,000 L) marine aquarium was added to the restaurant area. Upon its reopening July 14, 2005, the facility was renamed Downtown Aquarium.<sup id="cite_ref-landrysrestaurants_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-landrysrestaurants-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On February 14, 2024, a person was shot and killed outside the aquarium.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Exhibits">Exhibits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Downtown_Aquarium_(Denver)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Exhibits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DTADenver-path01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/DTADenver-path01.jpg/250px-DTADenver-path01.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/DTADenver-path01.jpg/375px-DTADenver-path01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/DTADenver-path01.jpg/500px-DTADenver-path01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a> exhibit area</figcaption></figure> <p>A major theme for this landlocked aquarium is the relationship between inland freshwater <a href="/wiki/Ecosystem" title="Ecosystem">ecosystems</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ocean" title="Ocean">ocean</a>. The original design of the aquarium was <a href="/wiki/Zoogeography" title="Zoogeography">zoogeographic</a>. It focused on the path to the <a href="/wiki/Ocean" title="Ocean">ocean</a> taken by two <a href="/wiki/River" title="River">rivers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Colorado_River" title="Colorado River">Colorado River</a> in <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kampar_River" title="Kampar River">Kampar River</a> in Indonesia. The Colorado River Journey included exhibits of <a href="/wiki/Endangered_species" title="Endangered species">endangered</a> fish, including <a href="/wiki/Desert_pupfish" title="Desert pupfish">desert pupfish</a>; gamefish such as <a href="/wiki/Bass_(fish)" title="Bass (fish)">bass</a>; and <a href="/wiki/North_American_river_otter" title="North American river otter">North American river otters</a>, among other species. It ended with a large exhibit depicting the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_California" title="Gulf of California">Sea of Cortez</a>, into which the Colorado River empties. The Indonesia River Journey included exhibits of animals such as <a href="/wiki/Asian_arowana" title="Asian arowana">Asian arowanas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rainbowfish" title="Rainbowfish">rainbowfish</a>, and endangered <a href="/wiki/Sumatran_tiger" title="Sumatran tiger">Sumatran tigers</a>. It ended with a large exhibit depicting the southern <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>. In addition to these two journeys, the aquarium housed a large <a href="/wiki/Sea_otter" title="Sea otter">sea otter</a> exhibit.<sup id="cite_ref-sunset_1999_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sunset_1999-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the 2005 renovations, the two journey paths remain, but are no longer arranged in a strictly zoogeographic pattern. Tanks have been added that house species from African and South American freshwater ecosystems. Other tanks are mixed community aquariums. </p><p>The facility features several interactive exhibits, including a <a href="/wiki/Horseshoe_crab" title="Horseshoe crab">horseshoe crab</a> <a href="/wiki/Touch_pool" title="Touch pool">touch tank</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Stingray" title="Stingray">stingray</a> touch-and-feed tank. </p><p>The aquarium continues to focus on <a href="/wiki/Conservation_ethic" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservation ethic">conservation</a>. To that end, it houses numerous endangered or <a href="/wiki/Threatened" class="mw-redirect" title="Threatened">threatened</a> species: twelve species of fish, six of reptiles, two of mammals, and two of birds. It participates in the AZA's <a href="/wiki/Species_Survival_Plan" title="Species Survival Plan">Species Survival Plan</a> for Sumatran tigers. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Downtown_Aquarium_(Denver)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Volunteering" title="Volunteering">volunteer</a> program administered by the <b>Deep Blue Sea Foundation</b>, a <a href="/wiki/Nonprofit" class="mw-redirect" title="Nonprofit">nonprofit</a> group, is in place. The Deep Blue Sea Foundation was formed after Landry's purchased the aquarium to ensure the educational goals of the original founders would continue to be met. The aquarium also periodically hosts for-cost educational seminars. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_110502-N-CI293-111_Navy_Diver_1st_Class_Bryce_Weber_greets_visitors_at_the_Denver_Aquarium_during_Denver_Navy_Week.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/US_Navy_110502-N-CI293-111_Navy_Diver_1st_Class_Bryce_Weber_greets_visitors_at_the_Denver_Aquarium_during_Denver_Navy_Week.jpg/220px-US_Navy_110502-N-CI293-111_Navy_Diver_1st_Class_Bryce_Weber_greets_visitors_at_the_Denver_Aquarium_during_Denver_Navy_Week.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="328" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/US_Navy_110502-N-CI293-111_Navy_Diver_1st_Class_Bryce_Weber_greets_visitors_at_the_Denver_Aquarium_during_Denver_Navy_Week.jpg/330px-US_Navy_110502-N-CI293-111_Navy_Diver_1st_Class_Bryce_Weber_greets_visitors_at_the_Denver_Aquarium_during_Denver_Navy_Week.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/US_Navy_110502-N-CI293-111_Navy_Diver_1st_Class_Bryce_Weber_greets_visitors_at_the_Denver_Aquarium_during_Denver_Navy_Week.jpg/440px-US_Navy_110502-N-CI293-111_Navy_Diver_1st_Class_Bryce_Weber_greets_visitors_at_the_Denver_Aquarium_during_Denver_Navy_Week.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2235" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> Week DENVER (May 2, 2011) Navy Diver 1st Class Bryce Weber, assigned to San Diego–based Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1, greets visitors at the Downtown Aquarium (Denver).</figcaption></figure> <div 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