Horace Mann Park Pool
Rapid City, SD
In 2012, the City of Rapid City, South Dakota, retained the team of Fennel Design and Counsilman-Hunsaker to assess their existing aquatic facility at Horace Mann Park and to provide options for renovation or replacement of the existing 50-meter pool which had reached physical and functional obsolescence. The team developed three concepts and provided an analysis for revenue and expense, construction costs, project costs, attendance, and operating revenue to give a complete picture of what each facility would cost to build and operate.
Based on the results of the study, the city once again retained the team of Fennel Design and Counsilman-Hunsaker to replace the existing 50-meter pool at Horace Mann Park with a new 200,000-gallon outdoor aquatic center featuring a lap pool, recreation pool, and waterslide tower.
Aquatic amenities include:
2,500 sq. ft. Lap Pool
- Four 25-yard lap lanes with 1-meter diving
- Underwater shelf
- Dropslide
- Climbing wall
- Water volleyball and basketball
- Two runout slides
4,250 sq. ft. Recreation Pool
- Zero entry
- Two stair entries
- Underwater bench
- Vortex
- Play feature
- Tot slide
- Spray features
