Nearing the end of an era: 75-year-old City Park Pool is closing next month

Iowa City Press-Citizen
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Generations of swimmers will say goodbye to the City Park Pool in Iowa City when it shutters for the season in early September.

The 75-year-old public pool will be closed for the entire 2025 summer season as the city builds a new structure.

The Iowa City City Council approved a $18.4 million design that features six 50-meter lap lanes, a zero-depth entry pool for children's activities and a diving pool with both low and high diving boards. The new pool will also include a new bathhouse and separate filter building.

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A dog mugs for a photo along the poolside during the annual dog paddle hosted by Friends of the Animal Center Foundation and the Iowa City Animal Care & Adoption Center, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, at City Park Pool in Iowa City, Iowa.
A dog mugs for a photo along the poolside during the annual dog paddle hosted by Friends of the Animal Center Foundation and the Iowa City Animal Care & Adoption Center, Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019, at City Park Pool in Iowa City, Iowa.

The new pool will open in 2026.

The Iowa City City Council voted last year to replace the pool because of structural and safety concerns. Much of the current city facility is non-ADA compliant while the pool is also losing water at an alarming rate.

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Poolgoers wait for their turn on the new pool slide at City Park Pool in July 1968 in Iowa City, Iowa.
Poolgoers wait for their turn on the new pool slide at City Park Pool in July 1968 in Iowa City, Iowa.

This article originally appeared on Ames Tribune: Iowa City will close City Park Pool for $18M renovation

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