Amenities
The RPAC features a
50-meter inverted “C”-shaped pool with a 25-yard by-25-meter
competitive area, a diving well for one- and three-meter boards
and a inflatable slide; four 50-meter lap swimming lanes, and a
“zero-depth” entry area including sprayers and fountains.
Other amenities available throughout the year include a bath house
complete with men’s and women’s locker rooms, a family change
room, a concession area, expanded parking and a convenient
drop-off circle drive, as well as staff offices and a control
area.
Thanks to an air-supported dome which covers the main pool from
September through May, the facility is available for use
year-round. For approximately two weeks prior to Memorial Day, the
RPAC is closed while crews remove the dome and convert it into an
open air facility. It takes 30 to 40 people, working on tarps used
to temporarily cover the pool, to handle the 6,800 pounds of
fabric which makes up the dome.
With the dome’s removal, the facility becomes an aquatic theme
park featuring not only the main pool, but a number of other
facilities located outside the dome which are only operated during
the summer months. These include: a 120-foot water slide, an
eight-foot wide group slide, a Vortex Pool for inner tubes
complete with a concrete volcano fountain, and a separate youth
pool with whale slide and "lemon drop" sprayer. The dome
is reinstalled each year after Labor Day, when the RPAC is again
closed for about two weeks. (Information provided by the
Johnson County Parks & Recreation District) |
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Summer Rates: |
Resident
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Non-Resident
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Individual |
65.00 |
110.00 |
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Family (5 members) |
110.00
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165.00
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Per additional
family member (over 5) |
15.00 |
25.00
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Super Pass
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The cities of Fairway,
Merriam, Mission, Prairie Village, Leawood and
Roeland Park have come together again this year
to allow residents from each participating city
the chance to visit other pools (6 pools) in the
area throughout the upcoming summer!
Residents of each city
Must
purchase their Super Pass from the city in which
they reside
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Individual
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$15.00
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Family
(5 members)
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$30.00
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Per additional
family member (over 5)
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$5.00
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Non-residents
of the 6 participating cities may now purchase a
Super Pass if you have been members of one of
the participating pools for the last 2
consecutive seasons (’08 and ’09 specifically).
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Individual
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$25.00
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Family
(5 members)
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$50.00
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Per additional
family member (over 5)
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$5.00
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For
more information call the Roeland Park Aquatic Center at 913-432-1377.
Check the information
board at the pool’s front desk for notices of additional special activities and
events.
Pool
Hotline (816) 464-1003For more information on
Aquatic Center - Classes-Activities:
Johnson
County Parks & Recreation District
For more information on:
Johnson County
Parks & Recreation - Registration
A
Cooperative Venture
The Roeland Park Aquatic Center officially opened on Sept. 20,
1997. Discussions between the City of Roeland Park and the Johnson
County Park about the possible construction of a new facility
began nearly four years earlier and were triggered by the closure
in 1993 of an obsolete city pool. An intergovernmental agreement
allowed the City to sell the District the approximately four acres
the complex sits on. The city in turn agreed to lease-purchase the
facility back from the park District over 20 years. To construct
the facility, the District issued $3.3 million in revenue bonds,
which freed the city from adding to its bond indebtedness.
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