The brand new Sedona Community Pool opened just in time Saturday, May 28, for Memorial Day weekend swimmers to enjoy the beautiful Sedona weather near the pool.
Originally scheduled for a mid-May opening for locals to tour the pool before its official grand opening Saturday, the Sedona Community Pool still made a splash for summer swim fans coming out in full force over the weekend.
In a pool update article April 20 in the Sedona Red Rock News, Pinnacle One project manager Dave Young said, “We’re not over budget at all.” That statement was still a fact by week’s end before the start of the holiday weekend.
The total bill of the project for the Sedona-Oak Creek School District came out to about $593,000 while the city of Sedona turned over $100,000 to bring the Sedona Community Pool cost to almost $700,000.
Construction crews broke ground in January, completely ripping out the old pool and laying foundation for the new one that currently sits nicely between West Sedona School and the bus barn.
The new pool is 62 feet wide by 75 feet long [25 yards] and is big enough for eight competition lanes, which is good for the local state champion Sedona Red Rock High School swim team, and the Sedona Swordfish, a local club swim team.
A.J. Bronson, who is currently the head coach for the Scorpions, said it will be nice to host a few events finally in the fall.
“We’ve had to use the Cottonwood pool in the past for home meets. We could never really have one of our own, so it’s going to be great to finally get one in Sedona,” Bronson said early Tuesday, May 31.
Bronson was recently named the head coach of the Swordfish program as well, making it an easy transition for younger kids to swim at the lower levels, then come up to the high school as freshmen.
For those in the community not part of a swimming team, there’s plenty to do at the Sedona Community Pool this summer.
Sedona Parks and Recreation Coordinator Rachel Murdoch reported the summer schedule will have plenty to do for all types of swimmers.
Water aerobics are held year-round and the schedule, prices and instructor biographies can be found on the city’s website. There are also swim lessons available for those interested, which will be taught only in the summer by Red Cross-certified instructors.
The Sedona Community Pool will be 7 feet at its deepest and 4 feet at the shallow end. The new pool holds over 177,000 gallons of water.
The deck is bigger, allowing those looking to get a nice summer tan to do so, and the locker rooms were completely revamped with new floors and new lockers.
A cover for the pool was also purchased to cover the water completely, which is heated by two different systems.
Seventy-five percent of the pool is heated by gas, while the remaining 25 percent is solar.
The Sedona Community Pool is a great place for families this summer, according to Murdoch, and she invites all swimmers to come on out and join the fun.
