Brimhall Aquatic Complex

As someone who lives near this facility, I can say that it is on my last nerve.
Loud, obnoxious music is blared during operation. Louder-​than-​necessary megaphones are overused by lifeguards who like to listen to themselves speak. At night, sometimes movies are shown on a gigantic screen. The speakers are so loud that our house shakes.
Today, it has been thundering for over a half hour and the music at the pool was so loud that the lifeguards could not hear the thunder, putting swimmers’ lives at risk.
I had no idea that this was a mega party bash pool. I thought it was a reasonable operation connected to a school.
I was wrong. :-/

Having only been to one of the Mesa community pools-​slash-​aquatic centers, I can’t really judge this against anything else. So I can only relate my experience here and let it stand for itself.
This is a former junior high, turned into a recreation complex. The pool itself is really three pools – one is the kiddie section with a sloped beach entrance and a tower with buckets that fill up and dump out water sporadically. There’s a small slide for the wee ones, in the shape of a frog. The kidlets slide down the frog’s tongue and giggle and squeal.
Then at the other end is the diving area. Two lower diving boards and a high dive. Not so high, but high enough that every so often a kid will get up there and wuss out. I’ve done it once as a 10-​year-​old, so no judgments from me.
The other pool is the landing area for the waterslides. Two small ones – big enough that there are height restrictions, but not like a waterpark kind of slide. Just enough that the younguns will have something to break up the simple pool bobbing.
There are a few lap swim lanes, and there are bleachers on the north side with shade, so I’m guessing there are probably swim meets here? Then you’ve got one big pavilion with cement and a large umbrella with grass. Pull your chairs in and hunker down. There’s also a small area with tables for your snack needs.
The facility is nice. The pool is nice. The bathrooms/​changing rooms area little nappy – but that’s their design. Concrete floor and a trough of dribbles and drips under the urinals. Other than that, the lobby serves its purpose and is indeed air conditioned.