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Sioux Falls Zoo to Launch $25M Butterfly Garden in 2025

10/22/2025

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The Sioux Falls Zoo & Aquarium in South Dakota will break ground on a butterfly garden on October 21, 2025.
The project begins unifying the Great Plains Zoo and the Butterfly House & Aquarium on a single campus.
Funded by the We Can’t Wait campaign, the $25 million effort will be built by Hausmann Construction, designed by JLG Architects, and is planned to open in late 2026 or early 2027.

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Story summary

The Sioux Falls Zoo & Aquarium in South Dakota will break ground on a butterfly garden on October 21, 2025.
The project begins unifying the Great Plains Zoo and the Butterfly House & Aquarium on a single campus.
Funded by the We Can’t Wait campaign, the $25 million effort will be built by Hausmann Construction, designed by JLG Architects, and is planned to open in late 2026 or early 2027.