After 9 years, Pittsburgh’s National Aviary’s expansion plans will begin to be implemented this Spring. The
From Trib has details:
An indoor free-flight bird theater and an open-air rooftop theater for birds-of-prey highlight the long-awaited $23-million expansion plans the National Aviary revealed this morning.
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The rooftop raptor theater will be 66 feet in diameter, according to the architecture plans, with bench seating for 50.
Inside the aviary’s indoor free-flight, 225-seat theater, visitors will watch various species of birds fly while lighting, video and sound enhance the experience, Flinn said.
Other additions include:
• 10 new interactive bird exhibits
• renovation and expansion of the bird hospital
• 45 additional parking spaces
• new conservation and field research center
