Out of an abundance of caution, the Minot Park Board made the decision at a special board meeting Monday at Roosevelt Park to close the Roosevelt Park Pool and skate park for the 2025 summer season, the Minot Park District has announced.

The decision came after a tour of the construction zone for both MI-6 and MI-7 flood protection projects. The proximity of the heavy civil construction to both the Roosevelt Park Pool and the skate park is a major safety concern for pool and park visitors.

“It was an extremely hard decision for the Minot Park Board to make because we know the pool and skate park serve so many visitors each year,” said Jarrod Olson, director of Operations for the Minot Park District, in a news release. “Ultimately, it came down to the safety, which is always our number one priority.”

Minot Parks will continue to work with the Souris River Joint Board during this summer of construction to ensure the Roosevelt Park Pool will be open in 2026. The Roosevelt Park Pool also will get a completely new filtration system that will be installed in the fall of 2025. The current system is more than 30 years old and was not replaced after the 2011 flood.

At this time, the Roosevelt Park pickleball courts will remain open, the park district stated, but it asks that users be aware that accessibility can change on short notice. Updates on interruptions will be announced on the district’s through our website and social media.

“It is always the goal of the Minot Park District to keep our facilities open and running for our community,” the park district stated in the release. “Decisions like this are not taken lightly. Once again, we are asking our community for some grace and some patience as we navigate this process with the Souris River Joint Board and the City of Minot.”