Memphis Zoo ups capacity to 5,000
The institution has increased its capacity to 5,000 guests at any given time.
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The institution has increased its capacity to 5,000 guests at any given time.
Before the pandemic, the Memphis Zoo was a choose-your-own-adventure endeavor, but for the time being, visitors will be guided in one direction around the exhibits. “If you’re just here to see the giraffes it’s going to take you awhile, because you’re going to have to walk the walk,” says zoo CEO Jim Dean.
The Memphis Zoo awaits word from the city on when it can reopen with limits on crowds and social distancing requirements enforced.
Parts of Memphis’ $3.5 billion a year tourism industry could make a comeback as soon as next week. The city will vet reopening plans on a case-by-case basis.
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After an agreement with China in 2003, giant pandas Le Le and Ya Ya have spent nearly two decades delighting visitors to the Memphis Zoo. In honor of National Giant Panda Day, the zoo threw a celebration all about their species.
Memphis Zoo goers are closer to sipping a cold beer while hanging out with the animals after the state Senate passed legislation Monday allowing booze to be sold during regular business hours.
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Memphis Zoo President and CEO Jim Dean discusses new plans to alleviate parking issues during peak season and upcoming renovations with host Eric Barnes and Bill Dries with the Daily Memphian.
On the WKNO Channel 10 program “Behind The Headlines," zoo president and CEO Jim Dean discusses plans for the Overton Park institution.
The Memphis Zoological Society is hiring for full-time, part-time, seasonal positions and internships.
Memphis relocates to Dallas for Cotton Bowl weekend, three Memphis parks move forward in different ways, Memphis jazz moves underground and more.
The zoo parking versus Overton Park Greensward debate has come full circle in four years. Now the bulldozers and chainsaws – along with the fate of 200 trees – are on hold.
Good morning; it’s Thursday, Dec. 19. Today, Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg will be in Memphis, and Beale Street Music Fest has an announcement for us.
City leaders announced Wednesday, Dec. 18, they are pausing the parking plan at the Memphis Zoo to consider instead building a one-story parking deck of 350 spaces.
Good morning, it’s Wednesday, Dec. 18. Today, the federal government is expected to announce a new initiative for seven cities, one of them being Memphis.
Memphis City Council members voted Tuesday, Dec. 17, to back state legislation that would allow the Memphis Zoo to sell beer during its regular business hours.
The Memphis Zoo's waddle of penguins grows with two new babies.
State Sen. Brian Kelsey and House Minority Leader Karen Camper are sponsoring legislation that would allow the zoo to sell alcoholic beverages during regular operating hours.
Zookeepers and staff veterinarians proudly introduced two sister jaguar cubs during a gender-reveal neonatal exam. They’re the zoo’s first newborn jaguars in more than 25 years.
The Memphis Zoo, in partnership with other zoos and wildlife organizations, is working to save the Louisiana Pine Snake from extinction.
Work on the Prentiss Place parking lot is the first of three phases and sets the stage for the next two phases starting this fall or winter. The work also begins as the new president of the zoo talks about a change in the zoo's direction.
The first-ever master plan for the zoo was developed in 1986 and was finished with the completion of Zambezi River Hippo Camp in 2016. It is now time for a new vision. Not for a bigger Memphis Zoo, but for a better Memphis Zoo.