The article hints multiple times to updates to reptiles but fails to say whether that means a new reptile building .Knoxville has one of the biggest reptile collections in the country.
Construction begins this winter on Tiger Forest, the first project in the new master plan. Also included in the plans are a new white rhino exhibit (they're moving to Grasslands Africa to make room for Tiger Forest this fall), an outdoor amphitheater, and the long-awaited new Reptile House.