Gold Coast Aquatic Centre

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Gold Coast Aquatic Centre
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Address Marine Parade, Southport, Queensland
Postcode 4215
Opened 1960s
Owner City of Gold Coast
Type Public swimming pool
Former names Southport Pool
Southport Olympic Pool
Status Operating
Website www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/thegoldcoast/gold-coast-aquatic-centre-23174.html/
Features
The swimming and diving facility for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games™.
Facilities
Competition Pool
Diving Pool
Training Pool

The Gold Coast Aquatic Centre is public swimming pool complex located in the Southport Broadwater Parklands on the Gold Coast, Queensland.[1] It will be the swimming and diving facility for the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[2]

History

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Gold Coast Aquatic Centre in 2015

The Gold Coast Aquatic Centre opened in the 1960s as the Southport Pool.[3] The complex was renamed to the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre in the late 2000s.[1] In 2018, the Gold Coast will host the Commonwealth Games.[4] The Gold Coast Aquatic Centre will be the swimming and diving facility for the event. Approximately $40 million will be spent on redeveloping the complex. The redevelopment will see the construction of an additional 10-lane competition pool, additional change rooms and new meeting rooms.[2] Although the expansion was expected to be completed by 2017,[5] the construction has been brought forward to allow the venue to host the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in 2014.[6] Work began on the redevelopment in March 2013.[7]

The 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships were held at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre and was headlined by all-time record holder for Olympic gold medals Michael Phelps. Phelps walked away with three gold medals at the event.[8]

Facilities

The Gold Coast Aquatic Centre currently has a number of facilities.[9] These include:

  • Competition pool - 10-lane, 51.5-metre (169 ft) pool
  • Diving pool - 25 metres (82 ft) long with a depth of between 3 and 5 metres (9.8 and 16.4 ft)
  • Diving platforms - platforms located at various heights including 3, 5, 7.5 and 10 metres (9.8, 16.4, 24.6 and 32.8 ft) off the ground
  • Training pool - 8-lane, 25-metre (82 ft) pool

The building design by Cox Rayner Architects has received the 2015 Queensland State Architecture Award for Public Architecture from the Australian Institute of Architects.[10]

Programs

A number of programs and classes are based at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre.[11][12] These include:

  • Aqua Aerobics
  • Birthday Parties
  • Deep Water Running
  • Diving
  • Learn To Swim
  • Massage
  • Physiotherapy
  • Synchronzied Swimming
  • Underwater Hockey

Additionally, Competitive, Masters, and Triathlon Squads are based at the complex.[13]

See also

References

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