New Break-Through In The Rise of Mesa's Innovation District: They're Back!

Ever since the box-office big screen success of "Jurassic Park" that seems like eons of time ago, it turns out that those oversized predators who ruled The Planet ages ago are more than a short-lived phenomenon after extinction. Here in The Old Donut-Hole today re-inventing itself as an "Innovation District" there's  at least one gigantic creature busting through the walls of one local landmark that's morphed from the site of the original City Hall on Macdonald Street into the Arizona Museum of Natural History.
Some real bones and skeletons of these prehistoric creatures are on display inside the halls - but this man-made replica busting through the walls on Pepper Place will get unveiled today.
Distinguished guests include the mayor and city manager.
(Image was captured yesterday before the fabricated creature got a cover)   
Today is the Day! Our #FreetheDinosaur celebration is today outside the museum at 11 A.M! You are invited! http://fal.cn/4nPc 

Join us 11 AM, May 1st for the unveiling of Acrocanthosaurus, a 38-foot long hunter who lived 110 million years ago!

She appears to be breaking out of the museum! @MayorGiles @MesaCityManager @MesaDistrict4 & our Dir. Tom Wilson will speak at the #FreeEvent ! #Mesa #Arizona #dinopic.twitter.com/MpvSkrML7V

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Mesa’s Natural History Museum Plans To Replicate "A Dino Break-Out"

by BJ Alderman, Tribune Contributor Jun 27, 2017

"Many a prisoner held in the Mesa Territorial Jail, now on display at the Arizona Natural History Museum, spent long hours imagining how they could break through the strap iron barriers that confined them.

Mesa citizens need to prepare themselves for a different kind of break from the museum: an escaping dinosaur crashing through the brick wall at Pepper Place and McDonald.

A life-sized Acrocanthosaurus would have measured 38 feet from snout to tail tip and weighed over 6 tons. . .

Staff at the museum  “determined the probable coloration” of the dinosaur, said director Tom Wilson, “based on factors such as sexual attraction and predator/prey relationship.”

Acrocanthosaurus translates into “high-spined lizard” and the model was based on the museum’s replica of an actual one in its collection.

The museum last month sent a request for proposals all over the world to identify the artist to create this exciting addition to downtown Mesa. . . the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) will meet in Phoenix in the summer of 2018, with the kickoff taking place in Mesa.

“We are expecting 5,000 attendees from all over the country and from around the world,” he said, adding that with luck, the museum’s celebration of the great dino breakout will be enjoyed by AAM visitors if everything goes according to plan. . . "

Link > http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/get_out/mesa-s-natural-history-museum-plans-to-replicate-a-dino/article_784262ca-5aa2-11e7-bade-2fa30e95f6aa.html

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