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In spite of having a huge facility already, the math makes it clear why more space is needed. There is a proposal to add a 4th pool, an indoor, 8-lane, 25-yard pool, to the campus. Texas A&M, which sits in the upper tier of college natatoriums in the country, is a great example of where this conflict can become a challenge. That includes classes offered to the general student body (some for credit, others, like SCUBA classes, for leisure), as well as intramural sports, club sports, and fitness lap swimming. At state universities that have booming enrollments, there is high demand on water time. The cost of renting pool space was one of the significant contributors that was assigned to the cutting of the Maryland swimming & diving programs in recent years, for example.īut the conflict is real.

Some of the biggest and best aquatics facilities in the country are not owned by the athletics departments – including places like the University of Houston and Texas A&M, who have both hosted NCAA Championships in their pools in the last 10 years. While LSU is fortunate to have such a wide array of pools at their disposal (including plenty of designated water owned by athletics), other schools are not as lucky. Many of the best college teams in the country don’t own their pools, and instead have to pay rental fees to rec sports departments to use the facilities. The conflict between athletics and rec sports is nowhere more prominent than in their pools. The facility is part of an increasing demand from students to provide new leisure and entertainment activities on college campuses, even as universities and state governments find themselves up against massive budget shortfalls. The lazy river and accompanying 2x4x25 yard pool are both new, and includes a massive outdoor sunning area.

One phenomenal lazy river (LSU Rec Sports).

Two end-to-end outdoor, 25-yard, 4-lane pools that can’t be turned into one long course pool (LSU Rec Sports).

Indoor 8-lane, 25 yard (LSU Rec Sports).

Indoor 6-lane, 25 yard pool (LSU Natatorium – Athletics).

Indoor 50-meter pool (LSU Natatorium – Athletics).

While this pool will most likely be taken advantage of by the swim team during taper, rather than training, it is significant in terms of the growing divide between schools’ athletics departments and their rec sports departments. The school has recently opened a new pool, part of an $85 million leisure project on campus, that includes the coolest lazy river in American colleges – it’s in the shape of the school’s LSU logo.īehold: the recently-opened Leisure River. Louisiana State University’s aquatics facilities have grown by one.

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Share LSU Opens New ‘Lazy’ Aquatics Center on Facebook.The pool will close when lightning is within 10 miles or when the temperature dips beneath 'feels like' 50☏.July 15th, 2017 College, Industry, News, SEC.The aquatic staff has the authority to deem a dive/jump unsafe.Multiple bounces/jumps on the diving board are not allowed.Only 1 person is allowed on the diving board at a time.No glass or other breakable containers are allowed.No running or horseplay on the pool deck.Food should be kept to a minimum and kept away from the pool.The practice of hyperventilating and extended breath holding activities in the pool is PROHIBITED ( Breath Holding Policy).People with open wounds or infectious diseases are not permitted in the pool.Only current TAMUG students, faculty, and staff or alumni and community members with a membership to the Campus Recreation Center are allowed to use the facility.The pool is only open when a lifeguard is on duty.