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SEA LIFE Kansas City Aquarium

2475 Grand Boulevard, Suite 100 ref ref

This place is inside the area that ordinance 260705 rezones for the ballpark district. What the ordinance does.

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As of April 2026, asked directly what would happen to SEA LIFE, the LEGOLAND Discovery Center and Kaleidoscope, a Crown Center spokesperson said developers were still working on plans, so there were no specifics to share this early. ref

About the place

Visit KC's fact sheet says the aquarium holds more than 260,000 gallons of water across 12-plus exhibits, including a Rockpool touch experience, a Weedy Sea Dragon exhibit, a 180-degree Ocean Tunnel, and Stingray Bay. ref

SEA LIFE is operated by Merlin Entertainments and traces its origin to a first aquarium that opened in Oban, Scotland, in 1979. site

The Kansas City aquarium is part of a network of nearly 50 SEA LIFE locations in 17 countries. site

In 2025, KCUR reported that SEA LIFE Kansas City was working with federal and state agencies to restock the Missouri River with American paddlefish, the state's official aquatic animal, whose numbers had declined due to dams and channelization eliminating natural spawning grounds. ref

In August 2016, the aquarium added four Fiddler Rays from off the coast of Southern Australia to its Harbor exhibit, following several weeks of quarantine; curator Curt Slocum said they are close relatives of the Bowmouth Guitarfish. ref

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