Floating Oregon attraction Undersea Gardens set to close

Published 1:30 am Monday, September 2, 2019

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. — A floating Oregon tourist attraction closes after more than 50 years in business.

The Oregonian/Oregon Live reported that Undersea Gardens in Newport is scheduled to end operations.

Owner Mariner Square announced the closure of the attraction in Newport’s Historic Bayfront on social media Sunday.

Undersea Gardens will be open for free public tours Tuesday through Sunday, while its dive shows have ended.

The gift shop will remain open until Oct. 11.

Mariner Square says it is renovating its other two attractions, The Wax Works and Ripley’s Believe it or Not!

Undersea Gardens opened in 1966 as a floating “people-quarium” allowing visitors inside the attraction to look out and view sea life in Yaquina Bay, 115 miles southwest of Portland.