Ripley's Believe It or Not in talks to open at Harborplace
Ripley’s Believe It or Not is negotiating to open up at Harborplace in downtown Baltimore, where the museum would join a small but growing list of new tenants at the Inner Harbor retail center.
Ripley’s, the tourist destination with an Ocean City boardwalk location, has put Baltimore on a shortlist of cities it wants to branch into, including Chicago and Las Vegas, Ripley’s spokesman Tim O’Brien said.
Ripley Attractions Worldwide has more than 80 attractions across the globe, including locations in Hollywood, Calif.; Mexico City and New York. The common thread is those are “destination cities” where tourists flock and people wander into Ripley’s while there for other attractions, O’Brien said. In Baltimore, for example, the Inner Harbor and National Aquarium fit that type of bill, he said.
“We put out a net and try to find good locations,” O’Brien said. “We have shown interest in Baltimore and other cities. There are several markets that we’re not in that would be good for us.”
Ripley's sells itself on featuring "odd and amazing things." Its variety of attractions across the world include museums, aquariums, laser races, haunted adventures and mini golf.
WBAL Radio reported Thursday that the attraction had an “executed lease” with landlord General Growth Properties Inc.
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The common thread is those are “destination cities” where tourists flock and people wander into Ripley's while there for other attractions, O'Brien said. In Baltimore, for example, the Inner Harbor and National Aquarium fit that type of bill, he said.
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We had no problem reserving a slip for a Saturday night when calling the day before. In fact, we later found out that Baltimore Inner Harbor Marina has about 95 transient slips available and typically has only 50 transient boats arriving on a weekend (with the exception of holidays and special event weekends). They cater to transient boats of any size and can even handle large mega-yachts up to 300 feet on their piers. In addition to the ample number of transient slips, each slip has a great view of Baltimore Inner Harbor. About 5 years ago the marina had a major renovation with their docks - their floating concrete docks are now positioned so that docks run parallel to the Inner Harbor and nearly every boat has a premium view of the harbor skyline. The view gets even better at night when the aquarium and other buildings are all lit up in the harbor. As we approached the harbor and Inner Harbor Marina we hailed the marina on Channel 16 and got a prompt response with directions to our designated transient slip. It was nice to see someone waiting for us at the end of the slip to wave us into the appropriate berth. It was even nicer that the guy (wearing a nice Baltimore Inner Harbor Marina shirt) helped us with our lines, recommended where to put the spring line and even hooked up our power cord. He noted where we go to check in once we got settled. The bath house located at the main office building is in need of some major renovations... although fairly clean and functional it didn't seem like the restrooms or showers been updated in a very long time (like decades). There are also basic laundry facilities and a boater's lounge (didn't check that out, but I suspect it is as dated as the bath house). The other disappointment during our stay at Inner Harbor Marina was the cable TV and WiFi access at our dock. The cable seemed to have most of the stations scrambled - barely any channels came in good. And the WiFi signal was strong at the dock but the Internet didn't work - they must have had the WiFi running but needed to reboot the Internet. Since we were only staying for one night we didn't bother to complain or ask them to check into either situation.
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