The centerpiece of North Domingo Baca Park is taking shape, Albuquerque city officials announced Friday morning, and its tennis courts are getting a facelift.
Crews this week began the next stage of construction for the aquatic center, expected to relieve congestion at other city pools and serve as practice and competition space for high school swimmers.
Local construction firm Bradbury Stamm has the contract for this stage of the center, which includes building the pump room, an access road, and infrastructure for storm drainage, power and sewer and water service.
This phase of the project is expected to be done in September of 2025, at a cost of $12.7 million. Its completion will pave the way for construction of the natatorium, or indoor pool.
Crews earlier completed a $5.3 million portion of the project, which included a retaining wall and necessary site grading.
Tennis, anyone?
The overall plan for the aquatic center calls for an Olympic-size indoor competition pool, smaller warm-up and diving pools, a recreational play area with two slides and seating for about 700 spectators.
City officials also said the North Domingo Baca Park tennis complex is getting upgraded. The six courts will be closed for the next two to three weeks, as workers clean the courts, repair cracks and apply a new playing surface.
The courts have not been resurfaced since they were built in 2014, Parks and Recreation Department Spokesperson Emily Moore said in a news release. Contractors generally suggest resurfacing a court every four to eight years.
Closing all six courts simultaneously will permit the contractor to work efficiently and allow them to cure properly, Moore said.
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