Ballantyne's YMCA plans a retractable dome over its pool

Would allow year-round swim lessons, swim teams and water group exercise

The Morrison YMCA in Ballantyne is planning to add a $2.5M retractable dome to its swimming pool

Plans are underway at Ballantyne’s Morrison YMCA for an expanded pool, and a fundraising campaign has started for a new retractable “DynaDome” that will allow the pool to be used 12 months a year.

The pool expansion (which will make it an eight-lane pool) and a new pool deck will be ready for the summer 2023 season. The goal is to start construction on the DynaDome once the pool closes at the end of next summer, according to YMCA spokeswoman Heather Briganti.

The YMCA of Greater Charlotte has developed a video rendering of the proposed retractable dome over the outdoor pool at the Morrison YMCA in Ballantyne, which would allow for year-round swimming. (Courtesy of the YMCA of Greater Charlotte)

Briganti told the Ledger via email:

This enclosure will allow us to expand our aquatics programming to offer year-round swimming lessons, lap swimming, swim team, adaptive swim, athletic training, water therapy, water group exercise and family engagement opportunities.

This two-phase project will expand the Y’s drowning prevention and water safety efforts by teaching more children and adults how to swim, and will provide our members an additional year-round amenity for health and wellness.

At an event last week, YMCA President and CEO Stan Law said that the dome will cost $2.47M, and that $1.1M has been raised so far, including a “significant gift” from an anonymous donor.

The YMCA has produced a video on the project, complete with heart-pounding music:

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