“We are excited to bring this highly anticipated attraction to St. Tube lights, hung from trees and a light show projected onto the ceiling panels of the train shed above the lake, will create a display synchronised to music on view every 30-minutes on the hour. Created by Groundswell Design of Philadelphia, the show emanates from nine fire pods submerged in a pool.

The first phase of development - the Fire & Light Show at the Lake - will open by November 2016. In addition to the aquarium, the entertainment complex will feature restaurants, retail, rides, and a 200-foot (61m) Ferris Wheel with heated and air conditioned gondolas. The aquarium will be part of a larger US$70m (€62.6m, £53.5m) family entertainment complex located at Union Station, which was purchased in 2012 by Maryland Heights-based Lodging Hospitality Management (LHM). An 8,500sq ft (790sq m) events space using the shark tank as a backdrop will also be included. The aquarium’s main feature will be a shark tank holding one of the largest collections of sharks in the Midwest, with a rope bridge similar to that of Newport Aquarium’s world-first Shark Bridge crossing the 385,000-gallon shark tank. Housing thousands of aquatic species, the aquarium will sit in the former mall area of Union Station. Louis Union Station now serves as a tourism destination and event space, featuring such attractions as the THEA Award-winning Grand Hall experience. Once the largest and busiest passenger rail terminal in the world, the 122-year-old St. The city of St Louis is planning a US$45m (€40.2m, £34.4m) addition to its historic Union Station – a 75,000sq ft (7,000sq m) aquarium.

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