Herschend, based in Atlanta, operates properties such as Dollywood, an amusement park owned with legendary entertainer Dolly Parton, as well as the Harlem Globetrotters, and two other aquariums., the non-profit formed in 2017 to operate the Vancouver Aquarium located in Stanley Park,
Ocean Wise concluded that tourism wasn’t likely to recover until next year, but the organization would run out of money this spring. Eric Rose, vice-president of Herschend Enterprises, said the Vancouver Aquarium is the “gold standard” when it came to aquariums. He said the Vancouver Aquarium intends to continue its relationships with schools and conservation groups and local Indigenous people as well as the“Vancouver Aquarium is exactly that — Vancouver’s aquarium. That means offering unique, local and very authentic experiences that are not found at any other aquarium, anywhere else.”“We are eager to reopen as soon as it’s responsible to do so,” he said.