A $14.5 million project to enhance student wellness and academic research was completed with a grand opening and blessing ceremony on August 29, 2014. The doors are now open to the facility that features nearly 52,000 square feet of subdivided indoor space for year-round athletic, intramural, open recreation and fitness activities; an 80-yard indoor field house and a Human Performance Laboratory. In addition to the spacial enhancements, new locker rooms and a healthy refreshment snack bar are quickly helping to establish the Recreation and Wellness Center as a new campus focal point.
The Gannon Recreation and Wellness Center includes a new 51,950-square-foot indoor field house to the west of the Rec Center on the West Third Street side, on what was the intramural field and site of Crispo Apartments. It features an 80-yard indoor field house which will allow for year-round practice and increased intramural and club sports programs. The space can be subdivided into three separate areas so that multiple activities can take place at once.
