For Immediate Release
Contact:
John M. Martino
Phone Number: (215) 895-1186
Date: 02/25/02
USP
Breaks Ground For New Multi-Million Dollar Athletic Center
The
landscape of 43rd Street and Woodland Avenue will
change dramatically as construction crews break ground on
a new multi-million dollar athletic/recreation center for
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (USP).
USP President Philip P. Gerbino kicked off festivities
for the groundbreaking.
The
new building, part of a $30 million campus expansion and beautification
project, will provide current and future USP athletes and
students with state-of-the-art sports, recreation and meeting
facilities. Plans
are also being made for a landmark college green and unified
setting that will create a vibrant university campus.
The entire project is slated to be finished by Spring
2003.
"The
construction of the athletic/recreation center marks an exciting
juncture in the long and evolving history of USP," says Dr.
Gerbino. "This
is another prime example of the continual efforts the University
has made to expand and improve its educational and scenic
environment. This
building and subsequent plans for landscape development will
welcome and nurture a countless number of USP athletes and
students."
The
78,000 square foot building will provide exercise and practice
space for varsity and intramural sports as well as general
recreational facilities.
The new building will contain additional classrooms
and faculty offices and provide space for student organizations
to meet and for students to gather informally.
The athletic/recreation center will also include:
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Event
Gymnasium with bleacher seating for 1,000 spectators and
1 performance court. Bleachers will retract to provide
2-court basketball or 3-court volleyball practice or intramural
configurations and an open floor for multi-purpose assembly
or job fairs.
-
Recreation
Gymnasium with one basketball or two volleyball courts.
-
3,500
square-foot, three-lane swimming pool with a multi-purpose
recreational component that features underwater benches,
jets and bubble couch
-
Main
Lobby/Lounge with distinct areas for general student lounging,
vending with café seating, and games.
The area will also provide adequate pre-function
space for sporting events with public trophy/display case
for athletics
-
Elevated
1/10 mile Jogging Track suspended through Recreation Gymnasium
and overlooking main lobby/lounge, Event Gymnasium and
swimming pool
-
Aerobics
Room with sprung wood flooring for multiple aerobics,
fitness, and cultural dance uses, and an
interior window "wall" that will overlook the Recreation
Gymnasium
-
Cardio
Theater with a variety of exercise machines (steppers,
treadmills, ellipticals) and other cardiovascular equipment
-
Weight
Room and Sports Medicine facility with free weights and
select exercise/training equipment
-
30-seat
classroom with full audio/visual and IT capability that
will double as a press box with interior window overlooking
Event Gymnasium
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