Evansville has been waiting for a while now for the opening of the new Amazonia rain forest at Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Gardens. The ribbon cutting ceremony will take place on August 4th at 2.00PM and Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel will lead invited guests through the ceremonies. The public can tour the exhibit at 9.00Am the same day.

The $ 13 million exhibit was slated to be opened at the end of July, but zoo officals had maintained that they wouldn't open until all of the roughly 250 animals from 50 species were comfortable in their new surroundings. This addition to masker Park Zoo will draw visitors from far and boost the bottom line of Evansville's tourism budget. We are looking forward to August 4th and we will visit the exhibit with our son Alberto.

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