Sales of Passes, Attendance at Waveny Pool Hit 3-Year High

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Locals enjoying the sun at Waveny Pool. Credit: Olivia Oldham

Passes sold for Waveny Pool, overall attendance and revenues all ticked up to three-year highs in the season just ended, officials said last week.

Total attendance reached 40,059 during the Memorial-Day-to-Labor-Day season, including a record-high 7,644 nonresident visits, according to data presented to the Parks & Recreation Commission during its regular meeting.

“We had a very good season,” Recreation Director Steve Benko told the Commission during the Sept. 11 meeting at Town Hall. 

“The weather cooperated,” he added. “We had a couple of weekends with a little bit of rain, but it was a very good season.”

Here’s a snapshot of attendance going back to 2014:

Waveny Pool Attendance

 ResidentsNon-residentsGuestsTotal
201928,5657,6443,85040,059
201827,6556,6693,67738,001
201726,4284,6783,75530,183
201638,8676,0295,24550,141
201532,1485,6713,82043,199
201445,438N/A5,66651,004
Source: New Canaan Recreation Department

 

Owned and operated by the town with costs offset by sales of passes to local and area residents, the self-sustaining Waveny Pool long has been one envy of neighboring Darien and is widely seen as one of New Canaan’s most successful endeavors. Up to 100 nonresident family passes are sold through a lottery system prior to the start of each season. Facing high demand, town officials have steadily upped the cost of those passes, most recently to $1,225, compared to cost for local families of $455.

Here’s a look at total passes sold:

Waveny Pool Pass Sales

 Daily Ltd UseIndividualFamilyFamily Non-ResNannySr'sTotal
20088718785101381721,435
2009921716820911491,185
2010941506960871511,178
201110514671401081501,223
201212213872101141511,246
20131081197301001121441,313
2014131906591001001351,215
20151884660100881411,091
201616102738100991611,216
2017789702100841711,153
2018N/A201605120751681,169
2019N/A181627120731741,175
Source: Recreation Department

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