GRAP by the Numbers

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• 3

  The number of pools the aquatics facility will house

• 5

  The number of partner organizations within GRAP: Poseidon Swimming, Collegiate School, Trinity Episcopal School, Richmond Kickers, and Sports Backers

• 9

  The number of world records that American Olympic swimmers set in the GRAP pool

• 31

  The number of medals the swimmers who swam in the Omaha pool won at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

• 60

  Percentage of Richmond-area minority children who do not know how to swim. GRAP plans to close this gap

• 80

  Percentage of cost savings for pool heating by using energy recovering mechanical units

• 700

  The seating capacity in the mezzanine

• 6,065

  The number of miles that the GRAP pool has travelled in its lifetime (from Italy to Nebraska, then to Richmond)

• 50,000

  Size (in square feet) of the GRAP facility

• 140,535

  Pounds of reinforcing steel used in the precast

• 2,000,000

  The estimated dollar amount that the GRAP facility will annually bring to Chesterfield

• 4,000,000

  The dollar amount that needs to be raised to complete construction

• 4,216,050

  Total weigh of the precast in pounds

• 14,000,000

  Estimated cost to build the aquatics center