The Tulsa Zoo would like to have some Vision money, should the sales tax be extended.
City leaders are taking suggestions, and zoo Director Terrie Correll would like a new front door, an improved elephant area and a gorilla addition.
"This project will provide an expanded plaza to streamline guest entry into the zoo, an expanded elephant exhibit to meet evolving standards of care and herd management, and a new and expanded chimpanzee habitat and introduction of gorillas to our zoo," Correll said.
City councilors wanted to know what all that would cost.
"They're $30 million each, and the entryway, elephant habitat is $20 million for the elephant, $10 million for the entryway," Correll said. "The chimpanzee, gorilla habitat is $30 million."
That's $60 million total the zoo is asking for. Correll said the cost is justified because of the expanded economic impact the additions would have on the area.
