DETROIT, MI - Two stories in Detroit in recent weeks share some history.

Former Detroit Mayor

after allegedly helping steal millions of dollars in taxpayer money. Meanwhile, Belle Isle supporters are celebrating

for the first time since 2005.

How are they related? Kilpatrick closed the aquarium seven years ago despite massive public support for the attraction.

Then mayor Kilpatrick closed the aquarium in 2005 to save the city money. Backers of the Belle Isle landmark attempted to raise money to keep the doors open, and 88 percent of city voters in an advisory referendum asked city officials to keep the aquarium open. Kilpatrick and the City Council ignored the referendum and closed the aquarium on April 3, 2005.

Officials reopen Belle Isle Aquarium in Detroit 19 Gallery: Officials reopen Belle Isle Aquarium in Detroit

Seven years later, fortunes have changed for the mayor and the aquarium. While Kilpatrick faces corruption charges with the possibility of 30 years in prison, the aquarium reopened. The public can now visit the aquarium on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The aquarium, designed by Albert Kahn and opened in 1904, was the oldest continuously operating aquarium in the United States.