Locally we had a six lane 50 meter pool that had served well for forty years but was due for repair. It needed a lot of work, especially a liner. Somehow the City decided that a splash park was more what we needed, so millions of dollars later we had no long course competition venue within 110 miles but do have a lazy river, a water tube and a wet slide. Plus a four lane lap pool that's twenty yards long, designed odd just to make sure it wouldn't be of any use for swim team practice or swim meets.
And the old long course pool is a hockey rink now.
Sad, huh?
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