This is Paradise, but no indoor lap pool!
 

We are new here as of April and it is Paradise. However, I am shocked to see that with The Villages being a swimmer's dream (beautiful, clean pools everywhere) there is no INDOOR pool.

With the coldest winter on record this past winter, and with the almost everyday thunder/lightning storms, I can't be the only one who needs an indoor lap pool to workout. Also, many of us have to stay out of the sun.

I can't imagine how people whose main fitness regimen is swimming were able to swim last winter with 30's and 40's outside.

Having no indoor pool is so UNLIKE everything else (perfection) around TV. Any hope for one soon?

Didn't you check this out before your purchase?

There used to be a beautiful indoor pool as part of the fitness center that used to be in the hospital. Now they moved to Spanish Springs and no more pool :cus:
I totally agree! WE NEED AN INDOOR POOL!!!

And if I recall when that pool was closed there was an offer by a third party to run the pool operation. Turns out there was not enough interest to financially support the idea.

It's not a perfect solution, I know, but the pools are heated in the winter; and swimming earlier in the morning or at dusk you can avoid the sun.

Yes, we knew this (we rented first). It certainly wouldn't have stopped us from buying a home here.

If there was "lack of interest to financially support the idea", that doesn't mean residents don't want/need an indoor lap pool.

It means our monthly lifestyle fee ought to cover it, just as it covers all kinds of other facilities we might never use, such as paddle/cage tennis when there is already tennis and pickleball.

If your monthly fee did support it:

Where would it be located? Wouldn't people who lived far away complain that it is their money also?

Would just one indoor pool that was free be able to support 100K people in the winter months? Not likely.

I've read many, many people on this forum who swim and exercise year round (with maybe a few very cold days off) in the main sports pools. The lack of an indoor facility doesn't stop them. I do know that some handicap people might need an indoor pool but unfortunately one is not on the agenda.

I wouldn't support any raise in fees for an indoor pool. If there was enough support for it then some enterprising person, and there are many in TV, should build one and charge a monthly fee. Don't see that happening IMHO.

Lazlyn,
Welcome to TV! As you pointed out, there is way more to love than not.

One thing to consider is that table tennis is quite inexpensive to provide, an indoor swimming facility is not. Also, during most of the year, the weather is comfortable for the outdoor, heated lap pools.

PT,
Were you here last winter?:cold::cold:

Hi Whalen. I wasn't. Remember, I said during most of the the year.

Those seasonal pool enclosures seem like the ideal solution. Put over existing pool, saves energy loss from heated pools.

Since the pools are already located centrally, just use the seasonal pool enclosure to save money, heat energy and lap swimmers interest.

:agree:

One would think that the amenity fee fund would be strong enough to support a pool enclosure as a solution.
The energy savings should help on the operations of what is an existing cost.

It is also a misnomer, that just because a pool is inside you are safe from Lightning strikes! You should always exit a pool when lightning is in the area, it does not matter if the pool is inside or out.

Army Guy