Watertown’s Family Aquatic Center shutdown this summer means no private events (Audio)
June 24, 2020
Mike Tanner
WATERTOWN, S.D.—The pool at Watertown’s Family Aquatic Center will remain dry all summer.
It’s due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the increased risk of spreading the virus if the pool was to be open.
In year’s past, the pool has been available for rent for smaller private events like birthday parties, but Watertown Park and Rec Director Terry Kelly tells KWAT News that won’t be happening this summer either…
Kelly says the big difference between the Wellness Center pool and the Aquatic Center pool is space…
He says just about everything under the Park and Rec Department’s jurisdiction has now re-opened…
Kelly says the gradual re-opening of facilities in phases has worked well…
