Mayor Craig Greenberg Announces Dinopalooza Opens at the Louisville Zoo!Travel Back in Time 65 Million Years and Still Make it Home for Dinner

Press Release

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg is inviting guests to travel back in time 65 million years — and still make it home for dinner — when Dinopalooza stomps into the Louisville Zoo on Saturday, May 17. Nineteen animatronic giants from the prehistoric era will bring ferocious fun to families through Sept. 1, 2025.

“I know a lot of people of all ages from around the region are going to be very excited about this latest attraction at the Louisville Zoo,” said Mayor Greenberg. “From a chance to see life-size dinosaurs to digging for fossils, Dinopalooza has something every family can enjoy.”

Miniature dino experts at home will no doubt recognize—and eagerly school anyone around them on — the 65-foot-long Brachiosaurus, the 40-foot-long Tyrannosaurus rex, and the 30-foot-long Parasaurolophus. Good luck pronouncing that last one … not to mention Dsungaripterus or Quetzalcoatlus!

Budding paleontologists will have time to master all of the dinosaur names as they explore the interactive dig pit to uncover dino fossils.

These Jurassic giants will be spread throughout the Zoo for maximum prehistoric impact.

Dinopalooza is included with Zoo admission and free for Zoo members.