Overview

• Court documents outline plans to largely demolish the county-owned park and replace it with marina slips, dry-dock storage, a Fisherman’s Village of restaurants and shops, a conservation center, and a public baywalk.
• The Dolphin Company says the park will shut in 2025 and that all dolphins, sea lions, and other marine mammals will be relocated by the end of this year under a consultant’s oversight.
• Reporting by the Miami Herald, cited by CBS News, places the proposed lease purchase price at about $23 million through the bankruptcy process.
• The sale and redevelopment require approval from a U.S. bankruptcy judge and separate authorization by the Miami-Dade County Commission.
• Plans call for an accredited aquarium without marine mammals, and it remains unclear whether the existing aquarium structure will be retained.