Upon entering Cabela’s 150,000 square foot Owatonna retail store, you are immersed in the grandeur of outdoor sport. Soaring timber trusses, warm colored woods, and natural stone create a “North Woods Lodge” look and an exciting retail environment.
Highly detailed aquarium environments, fabricated by ThemeWorks, are home to numerous northern game fish and provide additional motivation for sportsmen gearing up for their expeditions. Every element in the artificial environments was created with a urethane plastic rockwork system which provides incredible realism, durability, and fast installation.
Scale models were created for each tank environment by the ThemeWorks team to provide reference during fabrication. The complete tank environments were prefabricated in out Florida facility using the light weight FUTURA material. This material allowed the scenery to be easily cut into sections and transported to site for a quick installation. The entire installation was completed in eight days.
PROJECT DETAILS
Project: Cabela’s Owatonna Retail
Designer: Mr. Robb Zimmerman, Cabela’s Inc.
Client: Entertainment Environments, Inc. for Cabela’s Inc.
Size: 150,000 sf (13,935 m²) store. Aquariums total approx. 3,000 sf (279 m²)
Photography: Robert Starling, Starling Productions
Scope of Work: ThemeWorks created complete theming for two aquariums, including artificial rockwork, artificial logs, trees and stumps. Additional logs, stumps and dock pilings were provided for two other aquariums. All elements were created with urethane which provided high detail capture and zero chemical leaching into the tanks.