Hollywood Aquatic Center is First for Eastern Las Vegas Valley

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• published: 21 Mar 2012
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Residents on the eastern half of the Las Vegas Valley are celebrating their first indoor aquatic center. Clark County Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani, who represents the area, is joining residents and staff in March 2012 in dedicating the Hollywood Aquatic Center, which features indoor and outdoor pools, waterslides and a lazy river. It is located in Hollywood Regional Park at 1550 S. Hollywood Blvd., between Charleston Boulevard and Sahara Avenue, in the foothills of Frenchman Mountain. The center is only the second regional aquatic complex the County has built. The Desert Breeze facility opened in the Southwest at Durango and Desert Inn in October 2001. The nearest similar public indoor swimming facilities are in Henderson's Whitney Ranch and in downtown Las Vegas. The center is a single-story, 7,300-square-foot facility with a mostly glass-enclosed indoor pool area that features a 10-lane competition pool, an instructional pool and a party room. The facility will hold high school swim competitions, swimming classes and other water exercise activities for all ages. The facility also includes an outdoor activity pool that is open to the public during the summer and features a beach-style entry with two waterslides, a lazy river, interactive play equipment, picnic space and a 17,000-square-foot pool deck. The facility was built with the environment in mind, using recycled building materials and local precuts. The aquatics center is located in the 21-acre Hollywood Park, which is popular with area residents and which has one of the valley's best views of the Las Vegas skyline. It features four softball fields, walking paths, picnic areas and more and is open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. Another 133 acres are available for future park development though no funding has been identified for that yet. A 40,000-square-foot community center is also on site, where there are a gymnasium and fitness, dance and exercise rooms. Rooms are available for special event rentals and neighborhood services offices are located there. Hollywood also features Clark County's largest concrete skate park at 29,000 square feet, designed for the advanced-level participant with some intermediate-level elements, including an 11-foot-deep kidney bowl and an 18-foot full pipe, plus a full plaza with a 10-stair step with rails, two fun boxes, two ledges and two six-stair steps.