Is there a plan in place to renovate/replace/add to the TSC?
I know when I was in school back in the mid 90's they had a plan for an outdoor pool where the parking lot is as well as a complete re-do of the TSC.
That was nearly 20 years ago. The building is nearly 40 years old.
Any ideas? rumors?
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IMHO, what's needed is another INDOOR 50M pool attached to TSC with another 25Y x 25M warmup pool so you could run a BIG LCM meet there like Masters Worlds. It's a crime that the Carddinal has more cool pool toys than the Longhorns :)
Stanford's endowment is 4 or 5 times largers than U Texas system on a per student basis. I think Texas' is actually larger in terms of total dollars, but you cannot compare the two schools in terms of what they have to spend per student.
I remember swimming there in 1977 when the TSC first opened. Wow, what a pool. I was also fortunate enough to swim there through college and beyond, 1983-1989. Wow, what a pool. And today.... Wow what a pool. Very few pools in the world come even close to comparing.
There was talk of a new outdoor pool in the mid-80s. Never happened.
FYI: Gregory Gym has an outdoor 12 lane, 25 yard pool.
www.utrecsports.org/.../greaq.php
I think for all the reasons stated above, outdoor swimming in Austin is not worth a new outdoor 50m facility.
there's talk of the pool being built right behind the diving well. I've seen plans but haven't heard if and when construction will begin.
here's a google maps view of gregory pools
UT Recs sports & UT athletics are 2 separate fifedomes, Last I heard, UT Swim Teams are not permitted to have organized practices at Gregory. Swimmers can go to Gregory on their own as UT students
There's also talk of a world class complex being built by the YMCA with cooperation of the city near the north west corner of lamar & Cesar chavez
YMCA seeks Austin City Council's help in building new aquatic center
I remember swimming there in 1977 when the TSC first opened. Wow, what a pool. I was also fortunate enough to swim there through college and beyond, 1983-1989. Wow, what a pool. And today.... Wow what a pool. Very few pools in the world come even close to comparing.
There was talk of a new outdoor pool in the mid-80s. Never happened.
FYI: Gregory Gym has an outdoor 12 lane, 25 yard pool.
www.utrecsports.org/.../greaq.php
I think for all the reasons stated above, outdoor swimming in Austin is not worth a new outdoor 50m facility.
