$1 billion dollar swimming pool anyone?

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Posted: 5/21/2012 6:21:50 AM EDT

3/5 of a mile long, 115' deep...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2147443/Worlds-biggest-pool-holds-66-million-gallons-cost-1billion-build.html

It's all fun and games until someone drops Jaws in.

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:23:38 AM EDT

[#1]

I'm not seeing the point.

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:25:05 AM EDT

[#2]

Impressive

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:25:23 AM EDT

[#3]

Is this why I haven't got a billion dollars?

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:26:40 AM EDT

[#4]

A billion dollars to put a pool on a beach.

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:26:49 AM EDT

[#5]

In before the meme of the guy saying "Yo, I heard you like beaches so we put a beach on your beach."

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:26:50 AM EDT

[#6]

A pool that size can dilute a lot of pee, but what if someone drops a dookie?

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:27:23 AM EDT

[#7]

115' deep? I doubt it......I don't see that happening.

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:27:28 AM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
A billion dollars to put a pool on a beach.

Filled with sea water.

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:27:55 AM EDT

[#9]

I wonder why they made it 115' deep. That's a heck of a hole. I bet they had to pump the hell out of it during construction being so close to the ocean. The engineering behind it is probably mind blowing.

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:28:27 AM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
I wonder why they made it 115' deep. That's a heck of a hole.

SCUBA lessons maybe?

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:29:18 AM EDT

[#11]

I would so pee in that.

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:30:06 AM EDT

[#12]

Cool.

I'd swim in it.

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:30:19 AM EDT

[#13]

That is impressive. Honestly, I would go just to use the pool.

I'll have to read up on traveling to Chile.

ETA: Years ago, this is the kind of thing I'd have expected to see built somewhere in the US while the rest of the world was amazed. Now, I can't imagine it would even be possible.

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:32:15 AM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
A pool that size can dilute a lot of pee, but what if someone drops a dookie?

I'm sure there's a lot of dookie that's not reported in much smaller pools all the time.

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:33:53 AM EDT

[#15]

That looks cool. I'd go there and bring some scuba gear.

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:35:05 AM EDT

[#16]

That is not a billion Dollars but a billion UK Pounds.

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:36:18 AM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
3/5 of a mile long, 115' deep...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2147443/Worlds-biggest-pool-holds-66-million-gallons-cost-1billion-build.html

It's all fun and games until someone drops Jaws in.

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff100/PBIR/pool.jpg

Needs more sea life interaction, such as this??

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:38:41 AM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:

A pool that size can dilute a lot of pee, but what if someone drops a dookie?

Empty the pool and refill it, we all know that answer

Bet it's salt water

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:39:26 AM EDT

[#19]

It is a bit funny, but I know plenty of people who spend really good money to go to the beach - and rarely ever get any closer than the hotel pool. I've done it myself (but don't have the money to do it often). The beach pools are fresh water so a bit less annoying to the eyes - beautifully landscaped, tons of amenities (from great pool chairs to plenty of strategically placed shade - not to mention stuff to do in the water (slides and floats). A pool like the one mentioned also probably has great poolside service.

Then there is the OTHER reason. The beach is somewhat crowded. Water-parks are ridiculously crowded. But high end resorts control the crowd. You get a lot of the fun of a water park - without the hr line to go down a slide.

I can completely understand it - if you can afford it.

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:40:02 AM EDT

[#20]

I bet you need a special colored wrist band........or they kick your ass right out of that pool.

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:41:12 AM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
A billion dollars to put a pool on a beach.

It's like the ocean without all the gross stuff.

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:42:48 AM EDT

[#22]

It's actually 1.5788 billion U.S. dollars.

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:44:29 AM EDT

[#23]

Quoted:

Quoted:
A billion dollars to put a pool on a beach.

It's like the ocean without all the gross stuff.

I would enjoy the beach more if they could get rid of all that damn sand.

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:45:35 AM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
That is not a billion Dollars but a billion UK Pounds.

Possibly. The headline used the dollar symbol but the body uses the pound symbol.

Posted: 5/21/2012 6:47:06 AM EDT

[#25]

Meanwhile they'd probably be dicks about riding a jetski around in it....

Posted: 5/21/2012 7:07:15 AM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
I'm not seeing the point.

We saw a show about this a while back... That Ocean is cold as fuck and isn't fit for swimming, so this pool was built, makes sense.

Posted: 5/21/2012 7:08:22 AM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:
A billion dollars to put a pool on a beach.

Sometimes you don't want to deal with the surf. I would enjoy that pool.

Posted: 5/21/2012 7:10:15 AM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:
A pool that size can dilute a lot of pee, but what if someone drops a dookie?

They haven't made a pool yet that I can't clear with a well placed Baby Ruth candy bar.

Posted: 5/21/2012 7:11:07 AM EDT

[#29]

I wonder how much storm surge it would take to fill it with sand?

Posted: 5/21/2012 7:19:47 AM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
A billion dollars to put a pool on a beach.

Imagine what that pool will look like after a Category 5 hurricane erodes the beach or fills the pool with sand.

Posted: 5/21/2012 7:29:58 AM EDT

[#31]

That's pretty damn nice.

Posted: 5/21/2012 7:31:34 AM EDT

[#32]

The water in chile is cold as ever loving fuck so building a big pool actually makes some sense. It is great for big tasty fish though. I don't think that there are tropical cyclones or any other weather thingy that might affect that pool but I could be wrong.

Posted: 5/21/2012 7:36:11 AM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I'm not seeing the point.

We saw a show about this a while back... That Ocean is cold as fuck and isn't fit for swimming, so this pool was built, makes sense.

Ah, that makes perfect sense then.

Posted: 5/21/2012 7:40:09 AM EDT

[#34]

3/5 of a mile?

Why not say 2/3?

Posted: 5/21/2012 7:40:17 AM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:
That looks cool. I'd go there and bring some scuba gear.

That sounds like a fun dive.

Posted: 5/21/2012 7:41:49 AM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:

Quoted:

A billion dollars to put a pool on a beach.

Filled with sea water.

At least you are still on top of the food chain inside the pool.

Posted: 5/21/2012 7:43:53 AM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:

3/5 of a mile?

Why not say 2/3?

It's 1 Kilometer which is .621 Miles, which makes 3/5 closer to the actual length than 2/3

Posted: 5/21/2012 7:43:54 AM EDT

[#38]

I wonder how much it costs a night to stay there.

Posted: 5/21/2012 7:44:50 AM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:

A pool that size can dilute a lot of pee, but what if someone drops a dookie?

Posted: 5/21/2012 7:50:42 AM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:
A billion dollars to put a pool on a beach.

The other articles I've read said it's prohibited to swim in the water there as the ocean in the area is very dangerous. The water there is cold, there are strong currents and a lot of dangerous sealife.

Posted: 5/21/2012 7:51:52 AM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:

Quoted:
A billion dollars to put a pool on a beach.

Imagine what that pool will look like after a Category 5 hurricane erodes the beach or fills the pool with sand.

A Cat 5 hurricane on the coast of Chile?

Posted: 5/21/2012 7:56:04 AM EDT

[#42]

A Colombian buddy of mine has stayed there. The pool is climatically controlled so it can be used when the sea is too cold and rough. You can scuba dive, sail small boats, snorkel and all that in a controlled environment.

The condos are pretty swank too.

Posted: 5/21/2012 7:58:32 AM EDT

[#43]

I've never been to Chile. Wonder how safe it is for an American

Posted: 5/21/2012 8:01:33 AM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:

Quoted:
A pool that size can dilute a lot of pee, but what if someone drops a dookie?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bAIZPjDtT_Q/S-l6eBr7nRI/AAAAAAAAFdE/FJm49ZJ9fMk/s1600/bill+murray.jpg

's no big deal...

Posted: 5/21/2012 8:22:40 AM EDT

[#45]

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ETA: Years ago, this is the kind of thing I'd have expected to see built somewhere in the US while the rest of the world was amazed. Now, I can't imagine it would even be possible.

That's some flyover-country thinking.

The days of the US dominating the world stage in science, technology, finance, architecture, and military might are over.

From now on, we must endeavor to diminish our own brilliance, so that the light of our dimmer neighbors can be seen.

(Praise be heaped upon our Most Exalted Leader.)

Posted: 5/21/2012 8:29:06 AM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:
I've never been to Chile. Wonder how safe it is for an American

Just pretend you are a Canadian eh.

Posted: 5/21/2012 8:29:47 AM EDT

[#47]

Quoted:

Quoted:
ETA: Years ago, this is the kind of thing I'd have expected to see built somewhere in the US while the rest of the world was amazed. Now, I can't imagine it would even be possible.

That's some flyover-country thinking.

The days of the US dominating the world stage in science, technology, finance, architecture, and military might are over.

From now on, we must endeavor to diminish our own brilliance, so that the light of our dimmer neighbors can be seen.

(Praise be heaped upon our Most Exalted Leader.)

Well ain't that the truth.