![]() ![]() “It’s a very small, overly worded sign that no one is going to look at, no one is going to read, because want to actually appear to be enforcing this,” the employee says.Īquarium Employee The City of Denver offers resources for businesses, including pre-made signage and guidance on how to implement mask mandates. ![]() After employees asked for more signage throughout the exhibit floor, the company added a sign at the stingray reef. Only four signs in the 100,000-plus-square-foot facility announce the mandate, including one at the entrance where people can buy tickets. On several occasions when unmasked patrons didn't respond to a request that they cover up, floor employees called management for backup, as they were instructed to do in the email - but management did not attempt to ask those patrons to put on masks or support the employee’s desire to encourage masking, she says. “Even when you try to explain it to guests, they never want to believe that the rule applies to them, which really sucks, because then we're fighting on both sides and we get no support from management,” she notes. ![]() "If you need to ask someone kindly to wear a mask and they get upset, just let it be or contact a manager, please do not put yourself into a bad situation."īut a bad situation got worse when unmasked parties arrived, says the employee, who asked to remain anonymous, citing retaliation against other workers who have spoken out she sent emails and photographs to Westword to back up her statements. “Please do not worry about policing the policy," it advised. When the Denver County mask mandate was originally announced on November 24, management sent an email to employees saying that the aquarium would require reservations and masks, as it had at the start of the pandemic. “It's terrifying, because they literally don't care,” says the employee of Landry’s, the massive Texas-based restaurant company that owns and operates the Downtown Aquarium, which started out as Colorado's Ocean Journey over thirty years ago and today is an " entertainment and dining complex" with a full-service restaurant and bar as well as underwater exhibits featuring 500 species, Looking for more dining options? Book in a meal at these Melbourne restaurants that have reopened.A Downtown Aquarium employee got an unexpected gift this Christmas: a COVID-19 infection that she attributes to her workplace’s lax enforcement of Denver’s mask mandate, which was just extended to February 3. If you’d prefer a smaller booking of fewer than ten people, you can add your name to a wishlist to be contacted when the aquarium begins opening for smaller group dining. Groups of ten can book this lunch or dinner package with a minimum spend of $2,000. You can also choose to dine outdoors overlooking the Yarra River and Southbank. There’s the mermaid garden with views of the big fish, the shark tunnel, the new jellyfish exhibit or even beside the penguins in the Antarctica zone. You’ll even get to choose where in the massive aquarium facility you can dine. This exclusive private dining experience will be open to guests of all ages and includes a self-guided tour of the aquarium, a three-course meal and a two-hour drinks package for ten people. The aquarium is opening from Friday, November 6 for private lunch and dinner bookings. While we’re still not sure when Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium can reopen to visitors, the good news is that you can still head inside for another fish-adjacent experience. ![]()
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