Parks & Recreation

Work to Begin on New Indoor Pool at Senter Park Recreation Center

January 31, 2025

The facility’s existing outdoor pool will be demolished and replaced with an indoor aquatics center that Irving residents of all ages can enjoy year-round. The new aquatics facility is expected to open Memorial Day weekend 2026.

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Construction on the new Senter Park Pool, located at 901 S. Senter Road, begins Feb. 10. The facility’s existing outdoor pool will be demolished and replaced with an indoor aquatics center that Irving residents of all ages can enjoy year-round. The new aquatics facility is expected to open Memorial Day weekend 2026.

The aquatics center will feature a leisure and lap pool with a maximum depth of 5 feet, spiral waterslide, zipline, toddler pool with interactive play features and an outdoor sun deck. Children’s areas will be painted with rainforest imagery, while the lap pool will feature hexagon-shaped lane markers as a tribute to the hexagon island from the original Senter Park pool, built in 1954. In addition to aquatics amenities, the facility will offer a new reception area, lounge, party rooms and locker rooms.

Estimated to cost $25 million, the aquatics center will connect with the existing Senter Park Recreation Center, making the entire facility approximately 67,000 square feet. The new Senter Park Aquatics and Recreation Center will share a front entrance on the south side of the building, facing Delaware Creek. The southern parking lot will be expanded to accommodate more than 150 parking spaces, and the tennis courts will be relocated to Senter East Park, 1000 Senter Road. Visitors to Senter Park Recreation Center can expect minor disruptions during construction, including increased noise levels and construction traffic. Additionally, the northeast parking lot will be closed while construction is underway.

This project is part of the Let’s Play Irving: Elevating Aquatics & Recreation initiative, which includes bold plans for Lee and Senter Park pools, as well as a multi-generational Mustang Park Recreation and Aquatic Center. Let’s Play Irving projects are funded through the 2021 municipal bond election, the 2006 municipal bond election, pension bond capacity, the non-bond Capital Improvement Program (CIP) fund, the American Rescue Plan Act, and unallocated non-bond CIP funds.

Visitthe Play Irving website to learn more about these projects.