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Thompson Park Aquatic facility opening pushed back to July 23 Recent severe weather in the Texas Panhandle has pushed back the opening date for the Thompson Park aquatic facility project in North Amarillo.  However, the most recent delays to the project have not been caused by severe weather, but by issues with the delivery of materials.  According to a presentation made to the Amarillo City Council last week, officials expect the facility to be open July 23 because of those “unforeseen material issues.”  According to previous reports, the facility was originally scheduled to open Me...

This comes after the facility was initially supposed to open Memorial Day weekend and was moved back to the Juneteenth weekend.

The $8 million, six-acre site constructed by Wiley Hicks is planned to have a lazy river, water slides as well as open areas for outdoor activities.

The new Thompson Park Aquatic Facility, located near Wonderland Amusement Park, will bring various attractions to the north part of the city including a lazy river, water slides and open areas for various outdoor activities.  But Michael Kashuba, director of parks and recreation for the city, wanted to add one more thing that would “add a really unique splash” to the facility: a selection of public art.  Kashuba recently made a presentation to the city’s Beautification and Public Arts Advisory Board about the potential of a rotating gallery of public art to be added to two places wit...

Amarillo Mayor says new Thompson pool will benefit Northside neighborhood Here’s a first look on the progress of the project. VIDEO: The new Thompson park pool update By Taylor Mitchell | January 29, 2021 at 6:17 PM CST - Updated January 29 at 6:43 PM AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - The new Thompson pool will be the largest public aquatics site in the Amarillo area. Mayor Ginger Nelson believes this new pool will benefit the people who live in the community because it will give access to more of the city amenities to the Northside neighborhoods. “It is good, it will be fun and a qual...