Ultra fast answer is: $250-a-square foot or will cost you just a fraction over $1-million dollars for the pool and the infrastructure to filter and heat it.Here is a link to a PDF regarding pool size and pricing produced by the Aquatic Design Group, the builders of the pool above. Click on their portfolio, some of the pools therin are ultra-yummy: March 2005 - "Size Wise," Athletic Business Magazine
I think the UK should take note. They should realize that maintaining a LCM pool is never going to be about making money but rather providing a service to your citizens. However, a SCM pool on the other hand can be profitable almost at once for a pool that size takes up less than half the material and social resources to maintain. The only excuse the UK has for a lack of pools is the public will. Hence, you will see people flocking to the US for both coaching and infrastructure since only the USA and Australia seem to care.
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Plenty of other problems in the UK preventing them from having more swimming pools! I would be surprised if Britain win a single gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London. Sad but true.
As for Australia and the US (specifically California) being the only two places to go - well they both have one major factor in common - the weather! (There he goes again talking about the weather).
My MBA is based on greenfield foreign direct investment in youth culture and sports infrastructure development. I am swimming and avid sport fan keen to fulfill my mission in developing multi-sports (and libraries) in Africa and South America, and find this article interesting. Unfortunately the PDF link has been removed, but I will keep looking out for more articles.
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