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Retractable Roofing Systems - The Future of Indoor Waterpark Design

An aluminum retractable roof waterpark costs 10% less a year to operate compared to a waterpark in a concrete or steel (closed roof) box. It is ALSO light, bright, airy and filled with happier guests year round, rain or shine.

OpenAire Indoor Waterparks range in size from 20,000 sf (1800m2) to 220,000 sf (20,000m2) and can span 190ft (58m) without columns.

Why Choose OpenAire Retractable Roofing Systems?

There are a million good reasons to enclose a waterpark with an OpenAire retractable roof.

Here are the top 3!

The most obvious… no weather closures! As an owner/operator, what could be more important than the ability to maximize park capacity and sell more tickets, F&B and host parties rain or shine?
Another great reason is OpenAire waterparks are structural aluminum, so they won’t corrode! This is critical in such highly corrosive environments. Between spraying water, splashing, humidity and sprays, waterparks face 3X the corrosion issues of natatoriums.
Finally, OpenAire waterparks cost 10% LESS TO OPERATE per year. The open roof and open walls promote the “stack effect”, where, just like a chimney, the air flows in from the sides and pushes up and out of the roof.

In today’s economic climate, can you afford NOT TO BUILD a waterpark that saves you money?

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Examples of Unique Retractable Roof Solutions

Epic Waters Waterpark

For the city of Grand Prairie Texas, OpenAire designed and installed a massive 62,000 sf enclosure for a waterpark, which since opening in January 2018 has ranked top indoor park in Dallas, #2 in Texas and #5 in the USA, and just Won the 2018 World Waterpark Association’s Leading Edge Award, surpassing ALL client expectations.

Island Waterpark @ Showboat Resort

Located at the Showboat Resort Atlantic City, the over 550ft long building will include a variety of adult and kid friendly zones plus large sliding doors that open to the boardwalk. The waterpark, the largest in the region, is an entirely aluminum enclosure and able to resist the corrosive effects of both the waterpark and the beachfront ocean air.

Tropic Falls at OWA

In Foley, Alabama OpenAire designed and built a 65,000sf indoor/outdoor waterpark with a retractable roof and a retractable wall (3400sf opening) that opens from the indoor waterpark to the adjacent outdoor wave pool. Guests can to fully flow from indoors to outdoors in a seamless experience.

Zehnder's Splash Village Resort & Waterpark

The Zehnder’s Splash Village existing rotten roof was ripped off the wood structure and OpenAire was brought in to re-clad the the roof with a corrosion resistant aluminum retractable skylight infilled with polycarbonate and a glass curtain wall around the perimeter of the space.