It’s going to pay to be a Pasco resident when the new year-round Pasco Aquatics Center opens in mid-June.

The Pasco Public Facilities District, or PFD, board recently approved the admission prices for the new aquatics park, and it’ll be cheaper for those living within the city limits. Savings range from a couple of dollars for single visits to tens and hundreds of dollars for summer and annual passes.

Fee schedule

A single visit for Pasco residents will be $10 for a child, $12 for an adult and $9 for a senior. Nonresidents will pay $13 for a child, $15 for an adult, and $11 for a senior.

Summer passes, which cover 14 visits, for Pasco residents will cost $140 for a child, $168 for an adult and $126 for a senior. There would also be a family pass available for $265, which would cover two adults and three children. Nonresidents will pay more for their summer passes: $168 for a child, $210 for an adult, $151 for senior and $304 for a family.

Annual passes will allow access to indoor elements of the aquatics facility outside the summer season. For Pasco residents, those will cost $280 for a child and senior, $375 for an adult and $750 for a family. Nonresidents will pay $350 for a child and senior, $469 for an adult and $938 for a family.

PFD officials used pay rate models developed by consulting firms FCS Group and Ballard*King & Associates to determine the rates.

The inclusion of rate differences between residents and nonresidents was “based on community sentiment,” according to a memo to the PFD board.

Pasco voters approved a 0.2% sales tax in 2022 to pay for the aquatics center, which collects 2 cents for every $10 spent in the city. 

| Photo by Nathan Finke

Voter-approved project

Pasco voters approved a 0.2% sales tax in 2022 to pay for the aquatics center, which collects 2 cents for every $10 spent in the city. 

The Tri-Cities Regional Public Facilities District sought to build an aquatics facility in west Pasco in 2013 but it failed at the ballot. Pasco residents supported the project but rejection by voters in Richland and Kennewick doomed it.

Construction of the aquatics facility began in spring 2025 and the project is being built in two phases. The first phase includes lap lanes, lazy river, children’s areas, water slides and many other amenities. Reservable party rooms also will be available.

The second phase would add competitive swimming amenities.

Some lifeguards have been hired but a total count of staff expected to work at the aquatics center has not yet been released.

The Pasco Aquatics Center will include outdoor and indoor swimming facilities, allowing for year round use by patrons.

| Photo by Nathan Finke 

Hours

The PFD also established the aquatic center’s operating hours.

The facility will be open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, with lap swim and other programming from 6-10:45 a.m.

On Saturdays and Sundays the aquatic center will open at 8 a.m., with lap swim and programming from 8 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.

Open swim will be available every day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4-8 p.m.

Go to: pasco-wa.gov/1724/Pasco-Aquatic-Center.