10/30/2024
After more than a decade of being closed, Stockton’s Victory Park Pool is finally slated to reopen in less than a year. City leaders and community members gathered Wednesday evening to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new pool at 1001 Pershing Avenue, marking the return of a beloved neighborhood fixture.
The original pool, which opened in the late 1940s, was closed in 2013 due to maintenance issues that were deemed beyond repair. Since then, local advocates have pushed for its revival, and now, after years of effort, the project is officially underway.
The new pool, scheduled to open in late summer 2025, will feature a 75-foot swimming pool, a splash pad, ADA-compliant amenities, and updated facilities including new restrooms, a mechanical building, and staff parking. The project, which comes with a $10.2 million price tag, is funded by a combination of city and state resources, including $6 million from Stockton’s Measure M, $2.7 million from California State Parks, $1.1 million from the City Council, and $500,000 secured by State Senator Susan Talamantes Eggman.
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