Hamilton’s Wild Waterworks will remain closed for 2021

Not that it comes as much of a shock, but Hamilton’s Wild Waterworks has announced that it will remain closed for yet another summer season.

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues on with its third – and worst – wave, the Hamilton waterpark has determined that this summer simply won’t be safe enough to reopen their facilities in Confederation Park.

Ham public works cmt votes unanimously 10-0 to keep Wild Waterworks closed until the 2022 season. #HamOnt

— Kevin Werner (@WerkHCN) April 19, 2021

When Wild Waterworks closed for the season in 2020, it did so with high hopes that a safe return to the waterpark would be possible for Hamiltonians by 2021.

However, despite ongoing vaccine rollout, the continued risks of the COVID-19 pandemic – which is currently hitting record heights for infection and ICU admission rates in Ontario – likely mean that the park wouldn’t be able to feasibly reopen this summer; especially as a facility where physical distancing is near impossible to maintain and manage.

Additionally, if given the go-ahead, the park would have to open with capacity restrictions that would make it nearly impossible for Wild Waterworks not to finish the season with a deficit.

That said, Wild Waterworks is continuing to spruce up its facilities in hopes of a much more likely return in 2022.

Check out the Wild Waterworks website for more.

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