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.
67King: bubble? Are you kidding? Boulder, CO has an outdoor pool that is open everyday and you can see pictures of people walking through snow to go to workout. Ask Eney Jones, she coaches there.
I would bet that indoor pools open every day outnumber outdoor pools open every day 10,000:1, at least anywhere north of I-20. Shoot, there are three 50M pools all next to each other in Knoxville. 2 indoor, 1 outdoor. The outdoor pool is not open most of the year, the other 2 are (well......were anyway) every day.
67King: bubble? Are you kidding? Boulder, CO has an outdoor pool that is open everyday and you can see pictures of people walking through snow to go to workout. Ask Eney Jones, she coaches there.
I would bet that indoor pools open every day outnumber outdoor pools open every day 10,000:1, at least anywhere north of I-20. Shoot, there are three 50M pools all next to each other in Knoxville. 2 indoor, 1 outdoor. The outdoor pool is not open most of the year, the other 2 are (well......were anyway) every day.