U.S. Olympic Swim Trials pool heading to Fort Wayne

Building the pool used for the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium in downtown Indianapolis took 200 workers over four weeks to complete. But what happens to the pool now that the trials are over?

The competition pool will be disassembled, loaded onto four semis, and trucked to Fort Wayne, where it will be the main attraction at a future $50 million community wellness center operated by not-for-profit Fort Wayne Swimming and Wellness Alliance Inc.

A Purdue University Fort Wayne study says the wellness center would generate a $20 million economic impact annually, bringing visitors to the area for competitions that would boost local hotels and restaurants, as well as creating up to 250 jobs.

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