Game Info[]
Mid-level entertainment building. Replaces the Theatre in Brave New World. Requires Colosseum.
- +2 Happiness
Strategy[]
The Zoo is a building included in the Brave New World expansion and replaces the Theatre, compared to which it generates +2 Happiness instead of +3.
A Zoo increases the Happiness of your empire, but it cannot provide more Happiness than there are Citizens in the city. A city must possess a Colosseum before it can construct a Zoo.
Civilopedia entry[]
The oldest known zoological menagerie (or "zoo") has been excavated at Hierakonpolis and dates to c. 3500 BC; the oldest existing zoo, the Tiergarten Schoenbrunn in Vienna, evolved from the exotic animal collection maintained by the Habsburg dynasty and was opened to the public in 1765 AD.
See also[]
- Zoo in other games