After more than 10 years in the planning, the new $77 million, Sobela Ocean Aquarium is set to open on Friday, Sept. 1, at Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium. The aquarium, located in a new four-story building across from Helzberg Penguin Plaza, will have more than 8,000 animals. There will be 200 species including moray eels, four sand tiger sharks, a brown shark, a giant Pacific octopus and a sea turtle. The animals in the exhibits represent life across six ocean zones and 34 habitats that tell the story of how the ocean currents connect animals across the world. “I’m extremely excited,” said Sean Putney, executive director and CEO of kansascityzoo. “We’ve been talking about this project for about 10 years and we’ve been on and off again, and it’s exciting now to see it finally come to fruition.” See more of the new space and get details on the opening at the link in our bio. 📸: kctammy #KansasCity #Zoo #Aquarium #SeaCreatures #ThingsToDoInKC