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.
FWIW, local health authorities have jurisdiction over member subscription pools in a great many places. Furthermore, this decision would presumably not be made by an individual, but rather a board, and we've seen here that opinions on this matter vary pretty greatly. Anecdotally, I left Gold's Gym after 14 years because they refused to open the pool, despite being given the "all clear" from the state and local health department, so depending on the local organizations leanings, it would actually make the problem worse, rather than better.
The current problems are being foisted on pools by the CDC "guidelines" as interpreted by risk assessment and/or a city manager who could not care one bit about swimming, because golf is his only sport of choice. A private pool only needs to pass safety and health code regulations (along with inspections).
FWIW, local health authorities have jurisdiction over member subscription pools in a great many places. Furthermore, this decision would presumably not be made by an individual, but rather a board, and we've seen here that opinions on this matter vary pretty greatly. Anecdotally, I left Gold's Gym after 14 years because they refused to open the pool, despite being given the "all clear" from the state and local health department, so depending on the local organizations leanings, it would actually make the problem worse, rather than better.
The current problems are being foisted on pools by the CDC "guidelines" as interpreted by risk assessment and/or a city manager who could not care one bit about swimming, because golf is his only sport of choice. A private pool only needs to pass safety and health code regulations (along with inspections).
