Gold Coast Aquatic Centre Roof

The centre continues to host regular local national and international elite sporting.

Gold coast aquatic centre roof.

Approximately 40 million was spent on redeveloping the complex. A star performer during the gold coast 2018 commonwealth games gcac was the venue for the swimming and diving events. Confusion surrounding construction of a roof over the gold coast aquatic centre has become a political football that sports administrators say could jeopardise the citys potential to attract elite. Home of ebo aquaristik food range biotope and blackwater botanicals for freshwater aquariums nature inspired ceramics and pleco breeding caves seller of ziss aqua breeder boxes and egg tumblers.

The 300 kw rooftop solar array on the gold coast aquatic centre will heat the pool and cool audiences at the commonwealth games in april. It cost 654 000 and will save 100 000 in annual costs. A permanent roof for the 42 million gold coast aquatic centre has been ruled by the state government and the citys council. The gold coast aquatic centre opened in the 1960s as the southport pool.

The gold coast aquatic centre was the swimming and diving facility for the event. January 29 2016 12 31pm australia s head national swimming coach has launched an impassioned plea for gold coast coast city council to install a permanent roof on the gold coast aquatic centre. The gold coast city council is to investigate the feasibility of putting a roof on the gold coast aquatic centre redeveloped at a cost of 42 million for the 2018 gold coast commonwealth games the facility has been widely criticised for its lack of cover for events and spectators most notably during the 2014 pan pacific championships when poor weather saw athletes coaches and spectators exposed to the elements. However goldoc chairman peter beattie said there was never a plan to build a roof over the gold coast aquatic centre.

After the games it will go back to being a community pool and therefore it will be shared by the community and the view by the people who put the bid together was that it was better to not have a roof he said. In 2018 the gold coast hosted the commonwealth games. The redevelopment included the construction. The complex was renamed to the gold coast aquatic centre in the late 2000s.