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The Maui Ocean Center reopened in January after a 10-month closure, during which time all of the aquariums received maintenance and updates.
The Maui Ocean Center reopened in January after implementing a slate of technological and other improvements during a 10-month closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The aquarium on Maalaea Bay northwest of Kihei, which attracted 442,000 visitors in 2019, closed last March 17 as the state issued stay-at-home orders and other regulations to combat the spread of coronavirus. Like most everyone, we were thinking optimistically. We thought we d be through this relatively quickly, director of marketing Toni Rojas said.
By June, management realized the pandemic was unfortunately not headed in the right direction, and a plan for a long-term closure was needed.