Kalahari Resorts & Indoor Water Park
Pocono Mountains, PA
The Challenge
Kalahari Resorts and Conventions sought to build their largest and grandest waterpark to date, the Kalahari Resorts Indoor Water Park in Pocono Mountains, Pennsylvania. On the cusp of breaking the record for the largest waterpark in the United States, Kalahari Resorts wanted the luxury of providing their guests with sunshine and fresh air at the click of a button.
The Solution
When searching for a way to have fresh air and sunshine on warmer days and ensuring the same comfort and enjoyment in cooler or inclement weather, Kalahari Resorts and Conventions reached out to OpenAire to make their visions a reality. With a 10,800 sq. ft. custom retractable aluminum skylight, designed, manufactured, and installed by OpenAire, the Kalahari Resorts & Indoor Water Park can now easily open and close their retractable roof in accordance to the weather.
The completed waterpark includes a soaring glazed roof enclosure measuring 134′ x 50′ with a 34′ high glass front wall and a huge 134′ wide glass sidewall rising from a height of 34′ to 51′; as well as an incredibly large polycarbonate glazed single-slope roof measuring 134′ x 53′; three sloping clearstory windows measuring 136′ x 6′-8″ high; two large pyramid skylights measuring 50′ x 50′; and a ridge skylight measuring 30′ x 40′ over the slide tower.
OpenAire is very proud to complete this multi-year project with Kalahari Resorts and Conventions, which has allowed OpenAire to bring outdoor-style aquatic environments to the world on an unprecedented scale.
“The retractable roof allows our guests to enjoy the sun and fresh air just as if they were outside, but with the convenience of actually being inside,” said Todd Nelson, owner of Kalahari Resorts and Conventions. “It started to rain [the other day], and the roof closed automatically. The guests were in awe.”
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