A built-to-scale Noah's Ark is officially scheduled to open July 7, 2016, the date (7/7) to correspond to Genesis 7:7, the verse describing Noah's entry into the ark.
The massive construction project, a subsidiary of Answers in Genesis(AiG), which also opened the nearby Creation Museum in 2007, is set to be the largest tourist attraction in America outside of Disney and Universal.
Ken Ham, founder of AiG, recently spoke to Kentucky officials about the scope and impact of the project.