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THE RECREATION CENTER
Rochester’s Swimming & Diving Community Home
The Rochester Recreation Center was built in 1975. At that time, the 50-meter pool was one of the first such INDOOR pools in the country. The Rec Center contains facilities for hockey, swimming and diving. The 50-meter pool at the Rec Center is known as one of the fastest short-course pools in the upper-Midwest. This is a result of it's depth, which was required for the 10-m tower that was present from 1975-1999. Throughout the years, all facilities within the Rec Center have been constantly used every day, nearly year-around. This constant wear and tear required significant work just to keep everything running. A $7 million renovation was carried out in 2015-2016. The project replaced the gutters, plumbing, filtration system, pool liner and added 15 feet to lenth and 8" of depth to the pool. 2 new movable bulkheads were also added to configure the pool for long-and short-course competitions.
Why Improvements were needed in 2015?
40 years of daily use
Filtration system/plumbing deterioration
Too shallow for racing starts in the shallow end (3’6”)
Bulkhead assembly and disassembly
No warm up pool when using the 50m pool
Promoting health and wellness
What changed in the pool area during 2016?
NEW 4-lane, 25 yard warm water pool
Swim lessons
Water Aerobics
Warm ups / cool down
Existing 50 meter pool improvements
New gutters, MYRTHA liner
Longer with two movable bulkheads
Deeper 4’2” shallow end to 13’8” deep end
New pool deck
NEW filtration system
Health benefits to all
How can you help?
Items to Fund:
Who comes to the Recreation Center Pool?
Learn to Swim Programs
Aquatic Safety Students
USA Swimming
Minnesota Swimming
NCAA
Special Olympics
YMCA
Minnesota State High School League
College Swimming and Diving (St. Cloud State University)
(NSIC) - 16 Division II Colleges
Local Economic Impact (2025): $3 million
Two movable bulkheads
Video Scoreboards
30 Colorado Touchpads
Sixteen starting blocks
Two - 1 meter diving boards
Three meter diving platform with two boards
Backstroke start devices (retractable wedges)
Scoreboard and timing equipment
18 Lane lines
Livestream equipment
Total Cost: >$800,000
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