There are plenty of under used municipal and school pools across the country that could be bought or managed by an outside organization, just for the promise of occasional public access. USMS is not loaded with money, but has lots of knowledge and experienced people who could pull off a stunt like this. One club in Indiana has done just this thing by taking over a county pool that was in peril of closing because it could not afford to operate it. As far as I know, the agreement is still in force and the USMS club is still paying for operations by its own management and programming.
San Diego has three public pools but cannot afford to keep them all open at once, so they have one or two open and close the other one (or two) on a rotating basis. Not a good way to keep programs filled.
I don't like saying no to something without data, but around here, pools are money losing things. The places taht keep them running are municipalities, the big D1 school, or gyms. And those almost all have other things going on besides just the pools. Even the stand alone pool a couple of hours away has a water park attached to it.
If there are outdoor pools that aren't covered, then maybe. But even still, it is about $400,000 to buy a bubble or a tent for one. WIth teh roughly 2 dozen masters swimmers we have around here, I can't see that happening.
I don't like saying no to something without data, but around here, pools are money losing things. The places taht keep them running are municipalities, the big D1 school, or gyms. And those almost all have other things going on besides just the pools. Even the stand alone pool a couple of hours away has a water park attached to it.
If there are outdoor pools that aren't covered, then maybe. But even still, it is about $400,000 to buy a bubble or a tent for one. WIth teh roughly 2 dozen masters swimmers we have around here, I can't see that happening.
