Garden Rapids at the Big Pool

Amusement park in the United States


Garden Rapids at the Big Pool
Location
Garden City, Kansas, USA
Coordinates 37°57′38″N 100°52′09″W / 37.96053°N 100.86927°W / 37.96053; -100.86927
Status Operating
Opened 1922
Owner Garden City Parks and Recreation
General manager Vianca Esquivel
Operating season May to August
Previous names The Big Dipper (1922 to ?)
The Big Pool (? to 2019)
Area 1.8 Acres
Website https://www.gcrec.com/261

Garden Rapids at the Big Pool is a water park and community pool located in Garden City, Kansas, USA.

History

In 1921, the mayor of Garden City, Kanas, noted the need for a swimming pool in the city, so the residents began to dig a large 2 million gallon swimming pool. Named The Big Dipper, it would open to the public in 1922.[1][2]

A bathouse and childrens pool were added in the 1930s.[1][2]

By the late 1990s, the pool had started to show its age, and renovations would beguin, the largest of which would be in 2006, with part of the pool being made deeper, and a 3 slide tower from Natural Structures being installed.[1][3]

In 2019, it was revealed that the pool had been losing 200,000 gallons of water a day due to cracks in the concrete, causing a daily maintenance bill of around $1000.[2] The city decided to replace the pool rather than repairing it, and annouced that it's last season would be 2020, however, COVID-19 caused the pool to not open in 2020, effectively making the 2019 season the pool's last.[1][2][4]

The pool's replacement would be a water park named Garden Rapids at the Big Pool, with a lazy river, and a slide tower from SplashTacular.[5]

The park opened on May 29, 2021.[6]

Water slides

Operating

Name Manufacturer Class Type Opened
Body Slide SplashTacular Body N/A May 29, 2021
Fly Tyme SplashTacular Body Falling Exit May 29, 2021
Slip Stream SplashTacular Body Standing May 29, 2021
Tube Slide SplashTacular Tube N/A May 29, 2021

Defunct

Name Manufacturer Class Type Opened Closed Fate
Water Slides Natural Structures Body N/A May 28, 2006 September 2, 2019 Unknown


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Aquatics". Garden City Parks and Recreation. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Boyer, Corinne (June 10, 2019). "Might be Last Summer for Garden City's Enormous Public Swimming Pool". Kansas Public Radio. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Fiberglass Water Slide Model 1884" (PDF). Natural Structures. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  4. ↑ "THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS". City of Garden City. July 16, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Municipalities - Splashtacular". SplashTacular. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Garden Rapids at the Big Pool was live". Facebook. May 29, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
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