Aquatic Center Opening Announced

Evansville IN

20 September, 2021

11:25 AM

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By Steve Burger, WNIN Sept. 20, 2021 The new Deaconess Aquatic Center is set to open early next month. Evansville city officials announced Thursday that the ribbon cutting for the new $28 million dollar facility will be Oct. 1 and be open to swimming on Oct. 4. Standing outside the aquatic center, Deputy Mayor Steve Schaefer said the star power of local Olympians had a big impact on getting the center going. "Obviously, the city needed a replacement for Lloyd Pool. But having an Olympic champion and now we have two Olympic champions from our city. Having them in the sport and as supporters is something that really helps something like this." Schaefer was referring to Lilly King and Mikaela Jennings. He says there will be more information coming out in the next couple of weeks about swimming lessons, recreational swimming and other activities that will be available at the aquatic center. Tropicana Evansville's name change is underway. Two southwest Indiana residents have won prestigious awards from the Indiana Family and Social Service Administration's Division of Aging. A federal lawsuit has been filed in the case of a Webster County jailer charged with abusing women prisoners. The Evansville City Council voted to help families get out of the Woodland Park apartment complex, which has been the subject of a lot of scrutiny for poor living conditions and delayed utility payments. WNIN is the NPR/PBS affiliate in Evansville, Indiana. We serve Southwestern Indiana, Western Kentucky and Southern Illinois from our multimedia facility located on the Ohio River in downtown Evansville. For the past several years, the recognized quality of our local news has placed us among the best small market radio news organizations in the nation.