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Mote plans groundbreaking for new aquarium

Crews will start building the new ship-shaped aquarium this fall.

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SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. — Crews will start building a brand new Mote Science Education Aquarium this fall.

A groundbreaking is scheduled in September. Mote SEA will be 110,000-square-foot aquarium at the Sarasota County-owned Nathan Benderson Park. That’s near the University Town Center.

Credit: Mote

This is a rendering of what Mote SEA will look like inside.

Mote raised more than $75 million for the new ship-shaped aquarium and will use the existing Mote Marine Lab for research space.

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Credit: Mote

This is a rendering of the Mote Science Education Aquarium habitat.

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