Would McMahon’s $85M aquarium reel in tourists and investments for Syracuse?

New England Aquarium

The New England Aquarium in Boston attracts 1.3 million visitors a year. (New England Aquarium)

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon is pitching his proposed $85 million Syracuse aquarium as more than a big entertainment venue. He says it will be a major economic stimulus for the community.

“Hundreds of trade, construction jobs, hundreds of permanent jobs,” he said while making the proposal Monday at the Syracuse Inner Harbor, a former state Barge Canal terminal the city has been trying, with only limited success, to turn into a recreational, residential and commercial attraction for more than 20 years.

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