 The Rose Bowl Aquatics Center opened in 1990 in the former site of the city's defunct Brookside Plunge.The project was funded with a $4.5-million city loan and $2 million in private donations, including a crucial final $430,000 from Pasadena neighbor, Dr. Gene Scott (w. Eugene Scott, Ph.D), who was also Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center and one of its founding directors.The pools hosted the final practices of the 2000 US Olympic swimming and diving team.