Transforming an NFL Stadium into an Olympic Trials Swim Meet

[@usaswimming]

The action takes place June 15-23 in Lucas Oil Stadium! Get your tickets today at www.usaswimming.org/TrialsTickets

[@zimmergameszimmerc6077]

I love the background music ❤

[@rafikchouchar4996]

Where we can watch the trails ? On KZbin ?

[@SinaAla]

Honestly this is so amazing! I never even thought that the pool might not be a permanent fixture at locations where they hold such events

[@NazriBuang-w9v]

Lies again? UFC NASCAR Football Trial

[@lylestavast7652]

That's one heck of a stadium setup for an event. Congrats to the crews that pulled that off !

[@Kat-zj5kd]

yep congrats to the crew - they did an awesome job.

[@Haterade420]

They’re going to do it again in LA at Sofi Stadium in 2028.

[@danrhone9756]

I think every big stadiums around the country should set up an Olympic size pool so the swimmers can enjoy the stadium surroundings

[@danrhone9756]

@@Haterade420I’m not looking foward to 2028 though your right

[@simplyykatie]

i'm so excited!! i'm going to the trials and i CANT wait!!!

[@LuvlyCH4R]

Me too!

[@simplyykatie]

@@LuvlyCH4R awesome!

[@Bunnybouncergirl23]

Sameeee I’m so excited!!

[@dshizzleize]

Good luck!

[@GamingWithHip]

What day are you going?

[@lonelyrider606]

Wish all the swimmers all the best and success! May all your hard work pay off! 🏆🥇

[@MikeCee7]

This is pretty cool, but I’m curious about two things. Where are the national swimming trials normally held? There’s not any existing facility that’s big already enough? - How much does a transformation like this cost? to do? and then undo? - Do they recoup the amount of money it had to have cost to do this?

[@phillysportsmedia2825]

Now I wanna see them take it all apart

[@OLCtv]

I got confused and had to rewind😂didn't realize they built a platform around the pool

[@danielleglikman]

Same

[@juliusnepos6013]

Yeah

[@ETHomerin]

That's one hell of a halftime show! lol

[@silviocarlos8883]

USA is The Best!!!🙏

[@emaildeteste-u3c]

Congrats for all thats workers! 👏

[@larrygreenjr8166]

4/sho

[@thesupergamer4535]

Awesome!

[@dianathefiberfan5116]

Amazing!

[@brianmcd9492]

Brilliant Vision and Skill by America to Put Sport/Swimming F or all the World to Enjoy 🙂👍Well done Lucy's Oil Stadium Indianapolis

[@ricahrdb]

Very impressive! It is amazing what is possible these days.

[@cayennepepah]

Saw this pool in Molly’s short and curious to see how you’re building the pool… and a little quick search led me to this. So awesome

[@jlien25]

My goodness this was amazing to see but how much did it cost?

[@solsallee6638]

Beautiful competition space! As swimming grows in popularity we may see more of this? I remember in 1997 was the first time I swam in a built pool in a stadium (SC World Champs, Gotenburg, Sweden), so it’s not that new of an idea. Great to see so many seats full this week and that the space has paid off.

[@mxg75]

My understanding is they did pretty much the same thing in Paris. As swimming is such a popular event, it was more cost efficient to build a temporary pool in an existing high-capacity stadium than a bunch of temporary seating at a new or existing pool.

[@dwtheshoecollector208]

This is so cool!!

[@santiagoguerrerocontreras1840]

Wooow, amazing.how much it cost?

[@erictheise9048]

Very Cool!

[@ryannebrich9869]

I always love the time lapses keep doing them

[@r.j.2327]

Great. Now do some of the roads that have been under construction for 10 years in Chicago.

[@davidd5712]

Thanks, great video

[@jam4355]

This impressive. But there’s no existing Olympic size swimming pool anywhere in the USA to hold these trials?

[@moeinnowrouzi]

Any other country does the same thing in th olympics like tokyo in 2020 . team usa is mostly collage students there for they perform in a university .it takes in indiana university property .

[@Maccaroney]

thank you for sharing :)

[@julieaustin9839]

Why doesn't the U.S. hold the Paralympic and Olympic swimming (and other sports) trials simultaneously at the same meet like many other countries including the U.K. and Canada)? One Team, right?

[@moeinnowrouzi]

UK and canada are not many other countries.

[@luislodi4626]

latin america people can only dream with this level of efficient work and sports investment. Beautiful!

[@multiyapples]

I can’t wait to watch swimming in an NFL stadium.

[@chillplszzz7363]

Where will we be able to watch?

[@sherryillk]

Peacock probably since they always have the Olympics stuff

[@dannyarcher6370]

Impressive.

[@xetothex]

why do they build aquatic centers for the olympics if they can just do this for existing stadiums?

[@liamp1]

That’s a great question 😂

[@tayloryoung9803]

thats exactly what they did in Paris

[@markhottman2652]

Virtual Reality AND Artificial Intelligence: MEET Swimming 🏊!

[@travisransom2177]

Impressive. Now where is all that material going after this event is over?

[@bshef3424]

like Elon re-using rockets? right? lol

[@marshajulessa2995]

Maybe build it in LA since youll be hosting in 4 yrs the next Olympics?

[@warrenp3922]

They are...Swimming competition for the LA2028 Olympics will be at SoFi Stadium

[@ibm30rpg]

@@warrenp3922 a football stadium...

[@ibm30rpg]

@@warrenp3922 a football stadium...

[@mghemke]

Well now I know how many olympic-sized swimming pools fit inside a football stadium. I'm going to need you to repeat with elephants though to really make this scale make sense.

[@stotlerjo]

At what cost? There are numerous pools they could've used.

[@josiahswims]

what pools have 10k+ seats

[@GamingWithHip]

You think that this stadium isn’t good for a OLYMPIC TRIALS meet, there is no other pool that could host this.

[@bammmyouuu7752]

Yes, but not to seat as many. I’m sure they’ll be able to earn back their losses

[@forbudt4u2]

A fraction of the ad revenue will pay for this easily. It also puts money in the pockets of local people who built the pools and have families.

[@spencer1435]

There is no pool in the USA that can accommodate 1000 swimmers and 30k spectators. They have to host in a stadium or arena as they have been for the last nearly 2 decades.

[@larrygreenjr8166]

Yea we did the damn thang on that... love in the 317

[@old.not.too.grumpy.]

Alot of effort and expense. But it got the swimmers familiar with the type of stadium used in the Paris Olympics

[@stephen285]

hard to believe you'd fill the seats for swimming

[@Lwah0812]

My concern is about all of the water used then just wasted after it’s finished.

[@coconutjuicex]

no everyone what went to see the trial gets to drink a glass of it

[@kennethloki7011]

​@@coconutjuicex I used some to water my emotional support tomato plant that goes everywhere with me.

[@SniffyPoo]

didnt know olympic-size pools could be built instead of dug out

[@bibianaguadalupeislasherre9880]

What an incredible transformation. Meanwhile in Mexico, aquatic sports athletes have had to fight to recover their scholarships because Ana Gabriela Guevara, president of the National Commission for Physical Culture and Sports, withdrew their scholarships and financial support for competitions including the Paris 2024 Olympic Games for not supporting Kiril Todorov, former president of the Mexican Swimming Federation, who was accused of embezzlement and she even threatened the athletes in several audio recordings.

[@prowelsh56]

wow.

[@Bobby-ry9em]

The city of Indianapolis has proven that this city is more than capable of pulling of anything.

[@coachhart16]

Shoutout to Sunbelt Pools out of Dallas, Tx who was a big part of this installation.

[@Mary-lp6cn]

Why make a new one and spend so much money?

[@albundy06]

With expenses totaling $49.31 million and revenue at $29.22 million last year, USA Swimming and its Foundation together lost more than $20 million in net assets in 2022, from $62.78 million to $41.28 million. In June of this year, USA Swimming had just $2.3 million in cash and cash equivalents at the end of June to cover $3.3 million in operating expenses for the following month. This is the things they think it's important to spend your yearly dues on!

[@byzantineroman2407]

Good point... Why not use an already built facility? Some of the university pools (and even some club and YMCA pools) in the USA are just as, if not more, appropriate for such a big event.

[@albundy06]

@@byzantineroman2407 to be fair, there's not many pools that can host as many people as they they would like to come to trials. Iu natatorium is I believe 4700 seating. There's some more on the deck. For an indoor pool that has the most seating in the country. But prior to going to Omaha the last couple go arounds the meets were held outside mainly. But the moral of the story is USA. Swimming has been on the roll bleeding, money left and right and wasting money left and right for years now.

[@Bloosee]

Depending on the attendance, ticket prices and possibly TV contracts, it could be a net positive.

[@albundy06]

@@Bloosee TV contracts shouldn't be considered. They would have the TV contract if they hosted at a pool. NBC or whatever has the rights to the Olympics/ trials regardless where USA hosts it.

[@sethaldrich6902]

@@albundy06 there's quite a few pools that can actually

[@tanaygupta151]

W

[@ibm30rpg]

That is such a waste of resources every time you have to switch between a land sport and swimming sport. With the Olympics being so concerned about the environment, isn't it more efficient all-around to just make a dedicated venue for both events?

[@黑江真由OvO]

Agree.Taking off your pants to fart is a waste of time

[@IndianapolisColtsClips]

Go colts

[@isthisrealnecessary]

Seems like the most expensive way possible to do it. I hope it isn't a financial disaster

[@GamingWithHip]

I don’t think it will be

[@fishflake1209]

Building a pool inside of a stadium is much cheaper than building a stadium around a pool.

[@spencer1435]

They've done this since 2008 in arenas, this is just the first time they've done it in a stadium. The pool ends up getting sold to an aquatic center so it can be re-used/repurposed.

[@femkerixtdejong2889]

This seems so wasteful, why not hold it at an already existing pool?

[@mundanemike2994]

Gonna go out on a limb here....maybe we should take care of our homeless veterans first?

[@dutchg6020]

So no business ventures or sports until the vets are all housed? This isn't tax money they're spending here.

[@spencer1435]

This is not paid for by tax dollars

[@canary3812]

How many live in your house?

[@ibm30rpg]

They take care of the illegals first.

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

It's nice, but it seems to be wasting time and resources, there are so many existing pools around the country ready to host this event . Why wasting time and all the resources

[@jonathanherbert8050]

What an absurd waste of money but then again Jim Irsay does a lot of that in some people’s eyes. To the contrary I’m sure the tax write off he can get for something like this is the real reason why it’s where it is

[@RyanCastle-ho6qv]

The Nueburgers can accomplish amazing things

[@ST-ov8cm]

What a colossal waste of money

[@alancirra3057]

To me, this is a complete waste of money. Who paid for this to be done? There was no other pool that would work?

[@AdeleiTeillana]

I can't imagine this is environmentally friendly - even if the materials are all magically safe for the environment, the fossil fuels involved in their creation and transportation to the site likely led to a decent amount of pollution. Is there seriously not a single pool already in existence in the US that can host the trials?

[@spencer1435]

There is no pool in the USA that can accommodate 1000 swimmers and 30k spectators.

[@AdeleiTeillana]

@@spencer1435 They don't need to accommodate 30k spectators.

[@spencer1435]

@@AdeleiTeillana Just because you don't want to go doesn't mean tens of thousands shouldn't be able to go. The first finals night was the most attended swimming event in history with over 20k people and subsequent nights are expected to reach around 30k. You people have to have an issue with everything these days. Grow up and get a life.

[@chrism8187]

What a disgraceful waste of money and effort!! Use a facility that already exists! Organisers should be ashamed of themselves!!

[@BG-id2cv]

I'm with you on that one. Yep, just use a pool that is already in use... there are so many available across the country. Hopefully it's not shorter or longer than it should be and it conforms with FINA's specifications for length and automatic timings. I'd hate to be the organizer of this; imagine the worry if there is something amiss.

[@spencer1435]

​@@BG-id2cv There is no pool in the US that can accommodate 1000 swimmers and 30k spectators. They've been building a pool in arenas since the 2008 trials. This is not new.

[@mockingjayp6214]

It’s because they need seats for spectators and it’s cheaper to build a pool rather than a stadium around an already built pool

[@viewfromthehighchair9391]

I love watching things being built but this, frankly, strikes me as wasteful. Definite thumbs down for me ingenious though it may be.

[@giantusa]

utterly unnecessary and wasteful. there are plenty of world-class swimming pools in the States already.

[@derlandedossantos9809]

Veremos a elite da natação!!