The Value of Water > Mesa Has An Aquatic Complex

Five years ago the City of Mesa Parks & Recreation Department opened the Skyline Aquatic Center at 845 S Crismon Road on April 5, 2011.

For nearly one hundred years - located in downtown or "the original one-square mile" - swimming pools were popular attractions for kids and families and "bathing beauties" in Rendezvous Park and The Crystal Pool on MacDonald Street just south of Main whose site is marked today by one of those small bronze plaques just below eye-level noting it used to be under what is now the Bank of America parking lot.

 

Times do change. Recreation - re-read that word as Re-Creation. If you take advantage of all the implications and opportunities in that that one word it can be both an active state of mind and physical well-being, and a healthy lifestyle as well as a mind-set for forward-thinking to develop resources for everyone in the public and private sectors combined.

It's what works Mesa very well year-round and for using the same facilities as springboards for generating revenues from special events in the wide world of sports with major sponsors, sports celebrities, massive media coverage and hundreds booking overnight accommodations MLB Cactus League Spring Training set another record attendance record . . . Now it is time to dive into another revenue-generating + media pool!

Strong Field Headed to Arena Pro Swim Series at Mesa
    

Television coverage of April 15-16 finals from Mesa will air on NBC Sports Network on next-day delay, while NBC Sports Live Extra will stream April 15-16 finals live.
A live webcast of the entire meet also will be available at usaswimming.org.
NBC Sports Network television coverage is as follows:
Competition Day Air Time Network
Friday, April 15 April 16, 6:30 p.m. ET NBC Sports
Saturday, April 16 April 17, Midnight ET NBC Sports

Need a little "star-power" to create a big splash?
Source: SwimSwam

2016 Pro Swim Series Mesa

• Psych Sheet
• Meet Central

The psych sheets are out for the Arena Pro Swim Series taking in place in Mesa, AZ from April 14-16, and there are plenty of big names to watch for. 18-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps will be the biggest story, as he is at any competition he goes to. Phelps is entered here in the 200 free, 200 fly, and 200 IM, surprisingly not swimming the 100 fly. The 200 fly and 200 IM are two of the events he has focused on since his comeback, but the 200 free is one he hasn’t competed in at a high level individually since the 2012 Olympic Trials. It is unknown whether or not Phelps will compete in the 200 free at the Trials this year, but he will likely be looking for a spot on the 4×200 relay regardless. He is the top seed in both the 200 fly (1:52.94) and the 200 IM (1:54.75), and is seeded 9th in the 200 free (1:48.20).
Phelps’ friendly rival Ryan Lochte will also be competing, as he is entered in six events. Lochte will swim the 100 free, 200 free, 100 back, 100 fly, 200 fly, and 200 IM. None of these events are out of the ordinary for Lochte, other than the 200 fly. Lochte recorded a personal best in the event for the first time in ten years a month ago at the Southern Premier Meet, and is seeded 20th here with that time of 2:01.19. He’s seeded 1st in the 200 free and 2nd in the 200 IM . . . go to above link for more details

Here to the left is the swimwear sponsor Arena line-up of athletes
Local report: This following headline from the sports section of The Arizona Republic . . . add prize money, great sponsors, excitement for fans, and local-spending at hotels to accommodate over 500 participants and it's a win-win from the start

Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky, Missy Franklin headline Mesa swim meet

Jeff Metcalfe, azcentral sports 5:15 p.m. MST April 6, 2016

 

Fan Zone Expanded at 2016 Event

March 16, 2016

The 2016 Arena Pro Swim Series Mesa will include an expanded "Fan Zone" located behind the bleachers where the spectator entrance is located. Here is a partial list of Vendors: - Ski Pro/Arena - selling the latest in Arena products as well as event tee shirts - Tangerine Jewelry  - MAC Concessions/Snackbar - Chick-Fil-A - Mesa Water Polo - East Valley Divers - Desert Dolphins Synchro And more to come!!

The Arena Pro Swim Series at Mesa is the fourth of seven stops of the 2015-16 Arena Pro Swim Series.

As part of USA Swimming’s partnership with swimwear leader Arena, the circuit will feature a record $350,000 in overall prize money.
Swimmers may earn awards for top-three finishes in all individual Olympic events across the series. At each meet, $1,000 will be provided for a first-place finish, $600 for second and $200 for third. In addition to the single-event prize money, the overall male and female winners of the season-long Series will earn a $10,000 bonus.
Eight U.S. individual gold medalists from the 2012 Olympic Games, including world-record holders Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colo./Colorado Stars), Katie Ledecky (Bethesda, Md./Nation’s Capital Swim Club), Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Fla./SwimMAC Carolina) and Michael Phelps (Baltimore, Md./North Baltimore Aquatic Club), are expected to compete at next week’s Arena Pro Swim Series at Mesa.
Tickets are on sale now online.
For the third consecutive season, longtime USA Swimming partner BMW will award the grand prize of a one-year lease of a BMW vehicle to the highest-scoring eligible male and female U.S. swimmers.

Held at Mesa’s Skyline Aquatic Center, the long-course meters meet opens Thursday, April 14 and continues through Saturday, April 16, with daily prelims at 9 a.m. Pacific followed by finals at 5 p.m.
Source: http://www.usaswimming.org/ViewNewsArticle.aspx?TabId=2396&itemid=13546&mid=13053



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