Shrewsbury Pool Set for Saturday Opening

The will open for the summer on Saturday.

The pool features slides, play areas, a lazy river and a competition pool. It opens for the first time this season at 11 a.m. Saturday. It will be open Sunday and Monday—Memorial Day—and then close until next Friday, when it opens again for the rest of the season.

The pool closes nightly at 8 p.m., 6 p.m. on holidays. On weekdays, it opens at noon.

Season family passes are available to Shrewsbury residents for $160 and to nonresidents for $350. Residents can also buy a “super rec pass” for season access to both the pool and the .

For single visits without a season pass, Shrewsbury residents can purchase a pool ID at the city center for $10 and then pay $4 per visit at the door.

Nonresidents can’t visit without a season pass on their own, but they can come as the guests of a season pass holder. Guests pay $5.50 at the door for adults and $4.50 for kids. Pass holders are allowed to bring up to four guests.

Swim lessons and other pool programming are scheduled to start in the middle of June. Private swimming, parent-child classes and birthday parties are available, as are after hours rentals. Call 314-647-1003 for more information.

This week, pool workers put the last touches of maintenance on to get the aquatic center ready for the season opening. The competition pool was scheduled to be painted this year, but that effort is being put off due to city budget cuts. Parks and Recreation Director Marc Bernstein said that the pool would definitely need to be painted next year.

With the heavy rain this week, Bernstein said he expects the water to be a bit chilly, but he said he isn’t worried about that spoiling the big opening.

“The kids will be in the water either way,” he said.