Water Cube about to reopen with a big splash

The Water Cube Bejing will reopen to the public at the end of this month after reconstruction and Asia's biggest indoor water park will open inside on Aug 8. At the construction site, several workers are cleaning the waste from the outside wall of Water Cube, indicating that the reconstruction work has entered its final stage. Beijing State-owned Assets Management Co Ltd, business owner of the Water Cube, said the reconstruction cost 200 million yuan in total and enlarged the Water Cube's open area from 50 percent to 78 percent. The reconstructed Water Cube will include four main sections, including a warm-up pool, a major swimming pool, an Olympic demonstration area and the indoor water park. The Water Cube will continue to host national and international sports events and large-scale performances at the major swimming pool, which is surrounded by 6,000 fixed seats. The new water park is 12,000 square meters and includes some equipment and facilities that have never been used elsewhere in Asia, or in a few cases, the world. In the 30-meter high park hall, there are 11 entertaining spots such as Deep Sea Windstorm, Crazy Tsunami, Seafloor Shuttle, Dream Drift and 11 slides, the tallest of which is 23-meters high. According to Water Cube staff, the water park will be open from 10 am to 10 pm, 365 days a year and will likely get 3,000 to 5,000 guests per day, and 1,500,000 guests a year.