Georgia Aquairum to be in downtown Atlanta

ATLANTA - Offciails announced Wednesday that the proposed Georgia Aquarium will be built in downtown Atlanta on property donated by the Coca-Cola Company near Centennial Olympic Park. <br> <br> Bernie Marcus, whose family foundation is paying for the aquarium, and Coke CEO Douglas Daft say the aquarium will be built on nine acres of a 20-acre parcel just north of the Olympic Park. <br> <br> Coke also plans to relocate its World of Coca-Cola museum, now adjacent to Underground Atlanta, to the same site. <br> <br> The Marcus Foundation has pledged up to $200 million to build the aquarium. A foundation spokesman announced about two weeks ago that it hoped to purchase 14 acres for the aquarium near Atlantic Station, a retail and residential development near Midtown. <br> <br> But the foundation scuttled that plan because Marcus said, ``having the Georgia Aquarium next to Centennial Olympic Park was too good for the people of the city and state. Marcus is co-founder of The Home Depot.

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