Watch an Olympic Pool Being Built!

DYK that the Olympic Trials pool is built inside a stadium? Check out this awesome timelapse of the 2021 Olympic Trials pool being put together inside the CHI Health Center Omaha. After the success of selling out 10,000 tickets to the 2004 Long Beach trials, USA Swimming has been using stadiums to allow for bigger crowds. According to SwimSwam, attendance nearly doubled for the 2008 trials and in 2016 the event sold 200,000 tickets! The criteria is pretty interesting for what stadiums are considered; take a peek at this article that explains it all and which stadiums are being considered for the 2024 trials.