What Dallas has and SMU doesn’t

An outdoor pool of course! SMU is a school that has everything in a luxury arms race to attract students. However, SMU eliminated its 50-meter outside pool in the middle of campus that attracted SMU students, faculty, and Dallas children and adults. Fortunately, Dallas is still keeping their outdoor pools open in the parks. The country club atmosphere of SMU continues to evolve. A few years back, behind the original dorms, one found two soft tennis courts surrounded by crape myrtles where Chris Everett would practice when she was in town. These two clay courts were replaced by a football stadium at the entrance of SMU. The SMU outdoor pool, only 300 meters away from the two clay tennis courts was centered on Bishop Blvd. and surrounded on three side by dorms. This 50-meter pool and 10-meter platform diving well is being replaced by a new four-story indoor practice field for the football team. Some are already calling this practice football field the “great architectural curiosity at SMU.” I always thought the swim and tennis country club atmosphere of SMU was charming and appealed to students who could stay on campus to relax. Others probably find a four-story indoor practice field in the middle of campus charming. SMU evolves!
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