The Fort Wayne Swim Alliance has listed the 2024 Olympic Trials pool for sale after funding gaps and delays forced the project to be put on hold. Archive photo via Jack Spitser/Spitser Photography
On Tuesday, the Fort Wayne Swim and Wellness Alliance, Inc. listed the 2024 Olympic Swimming Trials pool for sale after failing to secure the funding to give the pool a permanent home, placing it on an indefinite hold, and no longer being able to store the pool itself.
Despite initially unveiling a new $54 million plan in February 2025, and receiving initial funding from Indiana Tech, Parkview, and commitments from Northwest Allen County Schools (NACS) among other investors, NACS told Fort Wayne Swim that the project would need to be postponed until they could fix their own financial shortcomings…