The fact is they knew what the amenity fee was before they bought.......and knew they were not going to use the golf courses. And accepted that fact.
Analogy doesn't work...............

In fact it is more difficult and costly to maintain an indoor pool. You are forgetting the damage done by the chemicals and humidity not only to the building interior but also to the HVAC systems.

Why don't we just cover the villages and every thing will be indoor :bigbow:
This would be extra charge by the user right? Just like if I want to play championship golf I pay extra or if I want to play tennis on clay I pay extra. So IMO if you can't use the pools in the florida sunshine you should pay extra like all the rest of us. "O" how about we cover so pickleball courts too! :popcorn:

How many outside pools in TV? What % of the population use them? How many residents pay extra for country club pools? How many residents pay for priority golf? How many dropped priority golf because they found it was not a value for them?

Ask yourself why is it that those developing this community and to whom many residents believe are great visionaries when planning this community left out indoor pools? (see above)

Those indoor pool proponents making a comparison of paying amenity fees but not golfing need to be reminded that this retirement community is centered and has continually been advertised as a golf community.

I'm not sure about all Del Webbs but we stayed at Del Webb in Davenport for a few nights last winter and the outdoor pool is not heated which is why we're not buying a home there. When we sat around the pool in Feb. people would go back and forth to swim indoors and outdoors to lay around the pool. No one could use the outdoor pool.

Makes sense.

Don't particularly care about having an indoor pool.
I'd much prefer to have an indoor gymnasium with real basketball courts.

According to the last sentence of post #84 and others above, you knew when you bought here that this is advertised as a golf community, so forget about indoor basketball with regulation courts, flooring and goals.

(Never mind that this "golf community" has 2,267 clubs, performing groups, and athletic teams in almost any sport played in North America, because they all have participants who want and like to do them.)

The Villages Club Listing:

http://www.districtgov.org/images/clubslisting.pdf

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I would guess that Del Webb knows what is offered at TV and hence the indoor pool. Yesterday, just for the fun of it after getting the frost off, I went by Mulberry's pool to see if ANYONE was there. Nope, only the steam coming off the pool. My water aerobics class was not there. Tod Pope was nice enough to give us a home tour even the old side where they are selling furnished new homes. The prices were very reasonable! But, for NOW, we will rent. Having sold our Mexico home we are thinking that owning two homes is just too costly. We have a beautiful Minnesota lake home (Cormorant Park Place Estates) that is wonderful in the summer and close to my kids and grand kids and long time friends. We're currently thinking that next 'season' we'll be back here for November and December, and then three months on Venice Island. But who knows?????

Actually, I have no expectations regarding the indoor gymnasium mentioned above.
However......a few years back I lived briefly in Plainfield, IN, a small town (population 28,000) outside of Indianapolis. The Parks and Recreation department there built a wonderful facility for residents which featured both indoor and outdoor pools (2 of each), a large basketball court with retractable backboards where 6 half court games could be played simultaneously. These courts could also be switched over to facilitate indoor volleyball. Above and surrounding the perimeter of these courts was an indoor running/walking track. There was also a large exercise facility with free weights, Nautilus machines, and a large variety of exercise bikes, treadmills, ellipticals and so forth. In addition, there were a number of meeting rooms, some with kitchen facilities to accommodate bithday piarties, special events,etc.
But, as far as I remember, Plainfield did not have a municipal golf course.
My point is simply that almost anything can be accomplished if there are enough people willing to support it.

And it's a very good point.

BTW, you just perfectly described the athletic club I used to pay $100/month to be a member of in MI in the '90s. Could it be Plainfield got a grant to help build that?

Almost anything is posssible if you have enough money from other people(taxpayers)

Hi zonerboy: Your wish is MVP's command join their facility at Brownwood it has all you requested. And the kicker is it is privately funded and requires membership fees

I would love to have heated indoor pools in the villages but would like to know how much this project might cost for the users. I do feel that we don't get to use the outdoor pools because a large part of the year, the temps are too hot and there are numerous thunderstorms.
I have some physical problems that does not allow me to take long walks/and/or treadmill. Swimming is pretty much my only option and there is a big chunk of the year when I am unable to take advantage of this wonderful commodity because of reasons listed above.

Hello, Karen. Just saw this post. What happened at the Dec 10 meeting? Any luck in getting an indoor pool here??? Linda A, lbuoneto@hotmail.com

Does anyone know what the outcome was of the December 10th meeting to discuss the idea of indoor pools?

I saw an ad in the paper this week about a new facility opening in Lady Lake called Health Spa V. They are going to have a 60 ft. indoor pool and fitness equipment, etc. The monthly cost is $19.95 plus a registration fee. Sounds too good to be true.

I called and they said it is slated to open in April and is being built near Oakwood Grill on 441.

If it is as good as it sounds, I think they will get a good response for membership. Very reasonable.