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A pool where there's no swim teams would be nice too. TAC is used by at least 4 high schools, probably more and has its own swim team. Panther Creek uses Morrisville Acquatic Center.
For "public" pools, I guess I was thinking pools where you don't need a membership like TAC and can just pay for the day. This is like it is with the Morrisville Fitness and Aquatics Center (which outshines Cary by having TWO racquetball courts available without a membership).
There are MTB trails at Lake Crabtree which appears to be within the Cary city limits.
The Morrisville Aquatics Center was originally built in the mid 80s as an amenities center for the Huntington development that was to pretty much run up and down Morrisville parkway (at the time Crosstimbers Parkway). The developer went bankrupt and stopped more development. Some of the land got bought by Preston Development, to add more golf holes and additional new houses, and the existing neighborhoods mostly got rolled into Preston also. Morrisville also considered trying to buy some of the land and do a muni course.
The town of Morrisville renamed the road to Morrisville Parkway when the school was being built. They wanted it to be named for the town, but the school system policy at the time was to name schools after the road they were on and it was to be Crosstimbers Elementary, so bing bang boom, change the name of the road and what can the school system do? Then they eventually bought the fitness center and made it a town facility.
Anyway, back to my original point, in the 80s, racquetball was much more popular than now, which is why the courts are there.
A pool where there's no swim teams would be nice too. TAC is used by at least 4 high schools, probably more and has its own swim team. Panther Creek uses Morrisville Acquatic Center.
Is that even possible? I would expect the commercial viability of an indoor swim facility to be based upon the recurring revenue from swim teams.
Is that even possible? I would expect the commercial viability of an indoor swim facility to be based upon the recurring revenue from swim teams.
Unless it's a heavily subsidized public facility, you are correct...you're not going to make a profit unless you're pumping a zillion kids through there. Even the public pools rent out tons of lane space to swim teams.
For "public" pools, I guess I was thinking pools where you don't need a membership like TAC and can just pay for the day. This is like it is with the Morrisville Fitness and Aquatics Center (which outshines Cary by having TWO racquetball courts available without a membership).
There are MTB trails at Lake Crabtree which appears to be within the Cary city limits.
A membership to MFAC is $30/mo for residents, $35/mo for non-residents. A single visit is $6 ... surely you'd play enough to make the monthly worthwhile? How are their courts reserved/held - online, first-come, what?
You could also join the Taylor Y for $90/mo for 2 people, and they have racquetball.
I love racquetball. Fun, great workout. Totally infeasible. 2 players(4 in a doubles game) per court for an hour at a time. So if you fill the schedule the court serves what, 24 players a day?
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