The city is expecting to lose $228,000 in revenue at the Canada Games Pool when it’s closed for six months for renovations.

Capital projects manager Darren Crundwell talked about the closure, from June 29th to January 2nd.

“It’s a huge impact, we don’t want to shut this thing down for six months, we’re going to do the best we can to deliver sooner,” he said “We know we’ve got major swim meets planned and there’s impacts to swim groups and people trying to learn how to swim. So we’re taking this one seriously that’s for sure.”

In an email, Sean Smith, the Business Operations & Events Supervisor says although there will be lost revenue, there will be about $750,000 in savings due to lower operating costs from not having to pay wages, or buy chemicals and cleaning supplies, along with reduced utility bills.

“The public will not be on the hook for the lost revenues resulting from the pool shutdown,” Smith said.

Crundwell told NL News that renovations at the Canada Games Pool will cost $13.5-million.

“Our recreation team has had lots of conversations with all the stakeholders and user groups. Part of the reason we’re starting in June is it’s at the end of one meet. And then we need to have it open by January because there’s another significant meet,” added Crundwell.

At the Tournament Capital Centre, the city is expecting to collect nearly $1.2 million in revenue this fiscal year.

There is also a six week closure at Westsyde Pool which is slated for March 23 until May 11. Staff say they did not want both pool closures to overlap.

A previous version of this story said staff expected to make up the revenue shortfall via taxes, but that is not the case. The inconvenience is regretted.