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The $225 million Alive attraction, which would be built on eight acres along the Mississippi River, is billed as an interactive adventure, a celebration of Louisiana culture and an exploration of places around the world where great rivers meet the sea. The attraction would be operated by the New Orleans-based Audubon Nature Institute and would feature seven themed areas:
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Welcome Hall
A central meeting place with a view of the Mississippi River where visitors purchase tickets to Alive attractions and enjoy special free events
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Go With The Flow
Built on two levels, visitors can get their hands wet in large-scale interactive activities that explore the impact on water flow and wave action on Louisiana’s coastline as well as look down into a working coastal ecology laboratory where LSU scientists are conducting research
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Mississippi Flyway
A multi-sensory experience in which riders fly high above the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to its source in Minnesota and back to the Gulf of Mexico, soaring with migrating birds, following other animals across the landscape and watching as the river changes course over thousands of years
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Floating Park
A free outdoor greenspace with rolling lawns, trees and fountains that celebrates the constant change of the Mississippi River, its currents and flood stage and is built on barges that rise and fall with the river’s cycles
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Living In The Zone
Travel through some of the world’s most unique river environments—Yangtze in China, Nile in Africa and Amazon in South America—and take a boat ride on and under the water surrounded by an aquarium
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Outdoor Amphitheater
Located above high water, a performance venue for festivals, concerts and other events
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Eye Of The Storm/Satellite Station
Steer a hurricane, finding sources of energy and watching it gain strength, as part of a video game in a 4-D theater with a floor that’s a motion simulator, then track weather systems as they form around the world, access satellite imagery and information about the world’s rivers to gain a feel for major natural events as seen from above
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