Island Park Pool design concept revealed in preparation for reconstruction project

(Fargo, ND) -- Fargo's Island Park Pool will be getting a facelift going into 2023. 

Doug Leker, Executive Director of the Fargo Park Board, joined WDAY Midday to speak on the 3-D renderings released by the park board depicting changes coming to Island Park's Pool that are tentatively expected to be completed by the summer of 2024. Leker says the largest change is reorienting the competition swimming pool from west side of the lot to the north side. Leker says this change brings more space to the pool, which allows them to put additional "recreational value" to the pool on the property's south side.

"Something new to the pool will be a - we will have two different types of slides; one will be a tube slide, which we currently don't have in the park district...[and a] Flytime slide. Its just a straight slide and it has a six-foot ramp at the end so you will be able to do tricks. It will be pretty fun to watch people go off of that," said Leker.

Additional recreational add-ons inclusions to the pool include a zero-depth pool, a lazy river, and the two aforementioned slides. You can find previous stories on the Island Park Pool reconstruction project by clicking here.