Swimming is huge in Irvine
It doesn’t make any sense to have a state‐of‐the‐art Sports Park in Southern California without a pool An aquatic center would be perfect adjacent to the water park This aquatic center can draw hundreds of thousands of swimmers from all over the country for state, national, and international water polo meets There is not enough aquatics facilities to support all the new developments, where are these kids going to swim? Future Olympians can train at the Great Park if Los Angeles wins the bid for the Summer Olympics Pools can be multi‐purpose, for recreation (water yoga, swimming lessons) or for competitive (high school, water polo clubs) People from all over Orange County will come to Irvine to use these facilities; we can be a regional hub There is a huge demand for another Woollett facility to support the community There are tons of groups for water polo, synchronized swimming, relays McKenzie study recently done shows that the sport of water polo has a $13M economic impact An aquatic facility will not only bring economics to the community, it will help Irvine’s profile dramatically The population needs to match the demand, and right now, there’s not enough water in Irvine for the families currently living here Aquatics center is very important We need an aquatic center Why have a sports complex without aquatics? Lap swimming is good recreation Everyone is always fighting over good pool space It makes sense to have an aquatic facility to accommodate all the water sports Need pool space so they don’t need to commute long hours to other towns just to swim Large town need for facility for local use and club use Irvine could be destination for competitions Having a local aquatic center means no need to travel for Irvine residents Orange County has the most popular need for water sports Water safety is always an issue This is a family activity that’s being sent to other cities Between the climate and the higher number of sports here than other places, a center is needed More aquatics facilities needed Need an Olympic size pool to be used for swimming and water polo Aquatic facility can be used for international competitions, number is rising in these sports Mom wants pools If in 10‐20 years we don’t have pools – you should be ashamed Huge need for this aquatic center Woollett is not enough, we need a new facility Swimmers need swimming pools The public needs a new aquatics facility – large demand
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