Showing posts with label aquario. Show all posts
Showing posts with label aquario. Show all posts

Monday, March 31, 2014

MAZATLAN: Swimming with Sharks at Mazatlan Aquarium

 

VIDEO BY MARK CHESNUT

latinflyer.com

June 11th, 2011

I had already swum with sharks in the waters off the coast of Belize, but at the Acuario Mazatlan — the Mazatlan Aquarium — the experience is totally different. In this beautiful Mexico beach resort destination, you can actually get in a tank filled with nurse sharks, as visitors to the aquarium watch. This shark video proves that I did it, and I survived.
It’s all well controlled and guided by one of the aquarium’s experts, of course. During my recent visit to Mazatlan, Mexico, I was the lucky visitor able to not only swim with a group of nurse sharks, but also to descend into another giant tank in an acrylic feeding cage to dole out lunch to some of the aquarium’s hungry residents. The Mazatlan Aquarium, already an excellent destination for adults and children, is in the midst of expansion that will make it even better. I can’t wait to go back and jump in the new, even bigger tank!

Many thanks to fellow travel writer Terri Colby for her excellent work capturing these moments on video!
Feeding time: Hungry fish gather around me in the tank.

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Coppel Kelly Announces New Aquarium and Super-Museum/Perfilan "supermuseo" y un nuevo Acuario en Mazatlán


by Maureen Dietrich on 7 Nov 13  
mazmessenger.com 
Neither the theme nor location of the museum has yet been defined but work will begin next year.
Neither the theme nor location of the museum has yet been defined but work will begin next year.


Recently names by Forbes Magazine as one of the most powerful investors in Mexican tourism, Mazatlán hotelier Ernesto Coppel Kelly announced yesterday that he will be heading the construction of two major projects in Mazatlan: a new world-class aquarium and a “super museum.”

Speaking to reporters yesterday, Coppel Kelly said the museum will be one of the best to be seen, a world class museum, although the theme had yet to be defined. It could be an historical museum or one dedicated to the ocean or some other theme. Nor has the location been decided, he added, but they are analyzing options such as the Bosque de la Ciudad. What is certain, he affirmed, is that the intention is to begin next year. At the moment they are in the process of defining the concept and obtaining financing.

With respect to financing, Coppel Kelly advised there exists in Mexico specific funds to construct museums and for that reason it would not be difficult to obtain the funds which are calculated to be around 500 million pesos.
However, that is not the case with respect to the proposed aquarium which will require 150 million dollars, which would have to be financed privately, he said.

The idea of the potential investors is to model the aquarium on the one in Monterrey, California, which is considered the most complete in the United States. Coppel Kelly added they expect to begin moving forward with the aquarium project in January next year.

(from Noroeste)


Sibely Cañedo
07-11-2013


MAZATLÁN._ Recién nombrado por la Revista Forbes como uno de los inversionistas más poderosos del turismo en México, el hotelero mazatleco Ernesto Coppel Kelly anunció ayer que encabezará para Mazatlán la construcción de dos grandes proyectos: un nuevo Acuario de clase mundial y un "supermuseo".

Según su propia descripción, no se trata de obras comunes, sino de dos megaproyectos.

"Será un museo 'pocama...', chin..., así como el mejor que has visto, no será un museíto más, pues traemos un museo de nivel mundial, para el cual ya se están moviendo las ruedas", reveló el director del Grupo Pueblo Bonito.

Todavía no se define la temática. Puede ser de carácter histórico o del mar u otro tema. Tampoco se ha fijado la ubicación, aunque se analizan opciones, como el Bosque de la Ciudad u otros terrenos. Lo que sí es que la intención es iniciar el año que entra. Por ahora, está en proceso el proyecto conceptual y financiero.

Sobre el financiamiento, precisó que existen distintos fondos para la construcción de museos en México, por lo que no será difícil conseguir el dinero, que se calcula requiere 500 millones de pesos.

No así para la realización del Acuario, el cual requiere 150 millones de dólares, que tendrían que ser financiados por la iniciativa privada.

La idea del empresario es tomar como modelo el Acuario de Monterrey, California, considerado de los más completos de Estados Unidos.

"En enero inicia a moverse lo del Acuario, porque es cuando yo voy a soltar la 'lana' para que empiecen a trabajar".