Right here’s how a lot it’ll price to swim at Pasco Aquatics Center

It’s going to pay to be a Pasco resident when the brand new year-round Pasco Aquatics Center opens in mid-June.

The Pasco Public Facilities District, or PFD, board just lately authorised the admission costs for the brand new aquatics park, and it’ll be cheaper for these dwelling inside the metropolis limits. Savings vary from a few {dollars} for single visits to tens and tons of of {dollars} for summer time and annual passes.

Fee schedule

A single go to for Pasco residents can be $10 for a kid, $12 for an grownup and $9 for a senior. Nonresidents can pay $13 for a kid, $15 for an grownup, and $11 for a senior.

Summer passes, which cowl 14 visits, for Pasco residents will price $140 for a kid, $168 for an grownup and $126 for a senior. There would even be a household cross accessible for $265, which might cowl two adults and three youngsters. Nonresidents can pay extra for his or her summer time passes: $168 for a kid, $210 for an grownup, $151 for senior and $304 for a household.

Annual passes will permit entry to indoor components of the aquatics facility outdoors the summer time season. For Pasco residents, these will price $280 for a kid and senior, $375 for an grownup and $750 for a household. Nonresidents can pay $350 for a kid and senior, $469 for an grownup and $938 for a household.

PFD officers used pay price fashions developed by consulting corporations FCS Group and Ballard*King & Associates to find out the charges.

The inclusion of price variations between residents and nonresidents was “based on community sentiment,” in response to a memo to the PFD board.

Pasco voters authorised a 0.2% gross sales tax in 2022 to pay for the aquatics heart, which collects 2 cents for each $10 spent within the metropolis. 

| Photo by Nathan Finke 

Voter-approved mission

Pasco voters authorised a 0.2% gross sales tax in 2022 to pay for the aquatics heart, which collects 2 cents for each $10 spent within the metropolis. 

The Tri-Cities Regional Public Facilities District sought to construct an aquatics facility in west Pasco in 2013 nevertheless it failed on the poll. Pasco residents supported the mission however rejection by voters in Richland and Kennewick doomed it.

Construction of the aquatics facility started in spring 2025 and the mission is being in-built two phases. The first part contains lap lanes, lazy river, youngsters’s areas, water slides and plenty of different facilities. Reservable celebration rooms additionally can be accessible.

The second part would add aggressive swimming facilities.

Some lifeguards have been employed however a complete depend of workers anticipated to work on the aquatics heart has not but been launched.

The Pasco Aquatics Center will embody outside and indoor swimming amenities, permitting for yr spherical use by patrons.

| Photo by Nathan Finke 

Hours

The PFD additionally established the aquatic heart’s working hours.

The facility can be open 6 a.m. to eight p.m. Monday by means of Friday, with lap swim and different programming from 6-10:45 a.m.

On Saturdays and Sundays the aquatic heart will open at 8 a.m., with lap swim and programming from 8 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

Open swim can be accessible day by day from 11 a.m. to three p.m. and 4-8 p.m.

Go to: pasco-wa.gov/1724/Pasco-Aquatic-Center.