St. Louis Zoo goes into the hotel business

Thursday, 02 Oct, 2013 0

The animals may be in cages, but the humans will get to sleep in a boutique hotel.

The St. Louis Zoo this week got the green light for its most ambitious of expansion plans, including a zoo-themed boutique hotel connected to the zoo by an aerial gondola.

Also on the zoo’s drawing board are a nine-acre animal-focused attraction, an expanded animal habitats, a full restaurant, and a research center.

While the Kansas City and San Diego zoos also have gondola rides, St. Louis’ zoo will be only the second in the country to have a hotel on campus, officials said, and one of the few to have amenities such as wide-open plains, fine dining and gondolas.

Planners imagine a hotel with aquariums behind the desk and exotic birds perched in the lobby.

They see a nine-acre savanna with animals wandering free, while diners take in the views at a glass-walled, white-tablecloth restaurant.

The first strategic plan should be complete by the end of 2014.



 

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