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Gulf World Marine Park is a dolphinarium located in Panama City Beach, Florida. It has been open since 1970, and is one of only a few institutes in the United States to house rough-toothed dolphins.
Gulf World Marine Park | |
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Date opened | May 25th, 1970 |
Location | 15412 Front Beach Rd, Panama City Beach, FL 32413 |
Annual visitors | 150,000 |
Website | gulfworldmarinepark |
Gulf World Marine Park was founded in 1969 by a group of five Alabama businessmen, and they announced their plans to build the park in September of that year.[1] The park's first dolphins, four bottlenose dolphins captured nearby in the Gulf of Mexico, were housed at a motel pool for training. They were moved to Gulf World in the spring of 1970.[2] Gulf World Marine Park opened to the public on Memorial Day of 1970. In 2000, the park underwent an expansion.[3] In 2015, Gulf World Marine Park was acquired by the Dolphin Discovery group, a company that owns a number of swim-with dolphins facilities.[4]
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