The Forest Park Aquatic Center, 1077 Cicero Road, Noblesville, will hold a formal ribbon cutting ceremony for its new LED videoboard at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 10. Representatives from USA Swimming, Indiana Swimming, USA Diving, AAU Diving, and the City of Noblesville are just a few of the many dignitaries who will be in attendance. 2021 Olympic qualifying diver Tyler Downs will cut the ribbon.
The videoboard, which was installed this past spring, is believed to be the largest of its kind at an outdoor aquatics center in the country. The videoboard measures 31.5 feet long by 12.5 feet tall and is positioned 15 feet off the ground.
The new videoboard will serve as a scoreboard for swimming, diving and water polo competitions. It will also allow for enhanced daily programing including Flix ‘N Float events where movies will be shown.
Greg Conner, President of The Friends of Central Pool, the not-for-profit entity that has operated the facility since 1997, is excited what this new videoboard will bring to the community.
“It will allow us to host future national and international competitions that will draw thousands of visitors to Noblesville,” Conner said. “During the summer season it does not get dark until after 9:30 p.m. which is not an ideal time to bring your family out to watch a movie in the pool. This amenity will allow us to show movies during the daytime which is something no other outdoor pool in central Indiana can do. This is truly a game changer for us.”
The new videoboard was 100 percent financed through private contributions.
“I can’t say enough about the support we have received from the community to make this project happen,” Conner said. “We’ve received so many extremely generous gifts from both corporations as well as individuals and families.”
The site and civil engineering work was provided by Indianapolis-based American Structurepoint while Boggstown’s Beaty Construction completed the concrete foundations. The videoboard’s steel structure was fabricated and installed by Fishers-based Sign Craft Industries and Noblesville’s Gaylor Electric completed the electrical and network wiring. The actual LED videoboard itself was provided by California-based ViviLED.
Noblesville Mayor Chris Jensen said the city is fortunate to have the Forest Park Aquatic Center, and the new videoboard will help improve the facility.
“This amazing videoboard further enhances what is already an amazing facility,” Jensen said. “I can’t compliment enough the work the Friends of Central Pool have done over the past 25 years preserving and enhancing the Forest Park Aquatic Center.”