BATON ROUGE – BREC’S Baton Rouge Zoo introduced new features and amenities after the $35 million renovation took more than 3 years to complete. A grand opening was held Saturday morning to unveil a new entrance, 11 renovated exhibits, 11 new buildings, and 7 new exhibits. The Thomas Rd. entrance will be closed going forward, and guests will now have to enter through the Greenwood Community Park located off of LA-19.