Status: Completed in 2005

Developer: Science Center of Iowa (SCI)

Architect: ZGF Architects, Brooks Borg Skiles Architecture Engineering, L.L.P.

Cost: $62 Million

Category: Recreation and Entertainment

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• Brand new, state-of-the-art, 110,000 sq. ft. Science Center
• Features a 70' high, 220-seat IMAX Theater and a 150-seat "science adventure" theater
• Includes a Star Theater with 50' walkthrough planetarium
• Includes six themed interactive areas and a traveling exhibition hall
• Dramatic glass entryway provides views of the locally famous pendulum sculpture, the cafe, gift shop and main lobby
• Located near the Court Avenue district and the downtown riverfront
• Includes an outdoor festival plaza with a reflective fountain
• An adjacent 400-vehicle parking ramp was built to the north of the complex

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