{"id":663,"date":"2017-02-15T15:50:28","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T15:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/?p=663"},"modified":"2017-02-15T15:55:31","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T15:55:31","slug":"windsor-aquatic-centre-to-add-giant-sand-box-to-boost-attendance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/?p=663","title":{"rendered":"Windsor Aquatic Centre to add giant sand-box to boost attendance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Capture-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-665\" src=\"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Capture-1-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"Capture\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Capture-1-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Capture-1-768x515.jpg 768w, http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Capture-1-447x300.jpg 447w, http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Capture-1.jpg 771w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Windsor, ON \u2013 Plagued by lower than expected attendance and a financial deficit the Windsor Aquatic Centre in downtown Windsor announced plans this week to build a giant sand-box adjacent to the complex. \u201cEveryone likes going to the beach and playing in the sand so we decided that a giant sand-box attached to our centre would be just what we need to boost attendance\u201d centre spokesman John Douglas announced to gathered media on Wednesday.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve already put in a bid to host the World Sand-Castle Invitational Tournament in 2019\u201d Douglas answered when asked how the new sand-box would attract tourism dollars in the future.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cEveryone likes to build sand-castles and go in the water.\u00a0 I think our new sand-box and pool facility is perfect synergy from a functional use and branding stand-point.\u00a0 Windsor will have the biggest sand-box in Canada upon completion\u201d the spokesman added.<\/p>\n<p>There was some confusion however\u00a0about the actual purpose and use of the new giant sand-box\u00a0as the Feral Cat Association of Windsor issued a press release praising city council for their decision to open a giant litter-box in the downtown core.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Windsor, ON \u2013 Plagued by lower than expected attendance and a financial deficit the Windsor Aquatic Centre in downtown Windsor announced plans this week to build a giant sand-box adjacent to the complex. \u201cEveryone likes going to the beach and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/?p=663\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weekly-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=663"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":668,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/663\/revisions\/668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/whatsupwindsor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}