Category: Swimming Pools
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Rio 2016 Aquatics Stadium unveiled by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff
This year’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will be marked by “peace” and “tolerance towards others”, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Friday. Rousseff made the comments during the official opening of the 15,000-seat Olympic aquatic center. The center will host swimming and water polo during the August games. See CCTV and Rio 2016
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Wichita to close half of pools by 2023, replace 4 with water playgrounds
After being allotted $18 million for improvements, the City of Wichita’s Parks and Recreation Department has outlined a 7-year plan for its aquatics facilities. The city currently owns ten aquatics parks, including a swimming pool at Edgemoor Park that has been closed due to maintenance issues since 2012. In a plan that was presented to…
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Stephanie Pedersen: So whose idea was the aquatics center anyway?
You’ve heard the sayings: “If you build it, they will come.†The Columbus Aquatic Center in Columbus, Georgia. 03/09/16 The Columbus Aquatic Center in Columbus, Georgia. 03/09/16 Mike Haskey mhaskey@ledger-enquirer.com Or how about, “Don’t have kids if you can’t afford them.†The city decided to build a $10.6 million baby and apparently never figured out…
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In a triumph of set design, a theater builds a swimming pool
Audiences going to New York Theatre Workshop will see something unusual when they enter — a swimming pool. Not a little wading pool or artful images of water. A real pool. Tony Award-nominated set designer Riccardo Hernandez conceived of the audacious 40-foot-long, 4-foot-wide pool for playwright Lucas Hnath’s swimming drama “Red Speedo,†which opens Thursday.…
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Desegregating the Swope Park Swimming Pool
Alvin Brooks explains what we can learn from such a pivotal point in KC’s history.
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New Sky Pool Will Let You Float Through the Air in Central London
The expert swimming pool retailers, Edge Leisure, take us through the new development being built near the former Battersea power station. Hanging 10 storeys above the ground, Irish developer Ballymore is planning on introducing a 25 by 5 meter pool acting as a bridge between the two apartment buildings in London’s Nine Elms district. The…
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Swimmers hit out at ‘disappointing’ London Aquatics Centre price rises
Costs were raised across the board last month as part of an annual pricing review with an off-peak casual swim now costing £4.95 for an adult – a rise of £1.45. A group exercise session, which includes pilates, yoga or water workouts, has risen by £5 to £12 a session for those paying as they…
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Man spends US$2 million on luxury swimming pool, gains new friends
The pool in question is called “The Mountain” and it cost US$2 million (NZ$3.17 million) to construct. This man-made aquatic paradise in Springville, Utah, has a grand total of five waterfalls. Here you can not only swim and jump off the mountain top (with a backflip, if you’re game) but you can also scuba dive,…
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