West Point's city swimming pool, the Nielsen Aquatic Center, opened on May 25, 2024, at 250 West Bridge Street on the site of the old pool. Its full name is the Donald E. Nielsen Aquatic Center, and it has slides and diving boards.
Voters approved the pool 627 to 201 in 2022, to be paid for with a half-cent sales tax at a cost of about $6.4 million. The pool is near Neligh Park and the Nielsen Community Center, and in 2024 it was open 1:30 to 5 p.m. and 6:30 to 9 p.m.
