The countdown is on for the opening of the new aquarium in Syracuse’s Inner Harbor, set for July 2026.
However, the project is still $2 million short of its funding target, a gap that Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon hopes will be filled by private donations.
“We raised over $4 million for the aquarium, about $3 million has already been transferred into the county, or is close to,” McMahon said. “These pledges are multi-year pledges, right. Some in ’25, some in ’26.”…