Outdoor Pool Rental
The outdoor pool remains closed due to COVID-19. Outdoor pool rentals, including birthday
parties, are also temporarily unavailable.
Celebrate your birthday party or special event with us at the outdoor pool. The pool
deck has swings, tables with chairs, and lounge chairs. There is a shallow water area
for sunbathing or for small children to enjoy, volleyball nets, basketball goals,
and water polo goals in the pool. Your guests can also enjoy other features such as
the vortex and hot tub for anyone over 13 years of age.
The outdoor pool is available for special events April 1st-October 31st (weather permitting).
You must be a member of the Student Recreation Center to reserve the outdoor pool.
Pool parties cannot be combined with Rock Wall or other parties; you must register
for those areas separately. Two parties can be booked per event date unless one of
the parties has booked 76-100 guests, which would make it a private event.
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Children's birthday parties
- Birthday parties are limited to Saturday mornings at 10:00 AM-12:00 PM, April 1-October
31.
- Set up for your party can begin no earlier than 9:30 AM. No one is allowed in the
pool until 10:00 AM.
- Two parties can be booked per date/time slot.
- Each party can have a maximum of 50 attendees to include all members of the party
on the deck and in the pool. If your party will have 51-100 attendees you will need
to book both party slots for your selected date.
▼ USA group parties
- Current USA student organizations, athletic teams or departments may reserve the outdoor
pool for their organization with USA attendees only. USA groups are not limited to
Saturday mornings.
- 100 people maximum: $150/hour with a two-hour minimum
- 101-200 people maximum: $200/hour with a two-hour minimum
- USA Police security may be required and is not included in the cost of the rental.
Contact the Aquatics office at 460-6460 or sfick@southalabama.edu.
▼ Rules and Refund Policy
- You must be a member of the Student Recreation Center to reserve the outdoor pool.
- EVERY SINGLE PERSON attending the pool party/special event must sign a liability waiver. You are responsible for ensuring the each person arrives with a signed waiver. Participants
under age 19 must also have a parent/guardian sign the waiver.
- Non-USA party guests are restricted to the outdoor pool only. Non-USA guests may not
use any other area of the Student Recreation Center.
- Adults must be in the water with all non-swimmers and children under 5 years old and
must actively supervise children in the pool.
- All children must take a swim test.
- If there is lightning or thunder, the pool deck must be cleared and participants must
move to the smoothie bar area or pool hallway. No one allowed on pool deck for any
reason during severe weather.
- No alcohol, water wings, or pool floats.
- You may cancel your event if bad weather is predicted. Cancellation must be made 24
hours prior to your event to receive a full refund. If there is rain, you may set
up your tables in the smoothie bar or bring a canopy.
▼ Liability Waiver
EVERY SINGLE PERSON attending the pool party/special event must sign a
liability waiver (PDF). You are responsible for ensuring the each person arrives with a signed waiver. Participants
under age 19 must also have a parent/guardian sign the waiver.
▼ Information for Day of Event
Set up
You must check in at the front desk before going to the pool deck to set up. Once
you have checked in with the lifeguards you can use the outdoor pool gate to bring
in your party items.
Provisions
We provide lifeguards on the deck, tables for each party, umbrellas, noodles, volleyball
and basketballs, and use of all furniture on the pool deck.
You may bring in pool toys, food and drinks for your event. You may also bring your
own canopy/tent.
Parking
Your guests can park in the parking lot in front of the Student Recreation Center
or in the lot below the pool by the pump room (once on Jaguar Blvd, go to four-way
stop and turn left rather than making a U-turn.) Parking is also available in the
gravel lot off of Old Shell Road before you get to Jaguar Blvd. Please note that this
lot is not available during USA baseball games and parking may be difficult during
special events at the Mitchell Center.
