Mountaineer Field House Renovation and Addition, Western State Colorado University

Gunnison, CO
Construction Cost: $26.5 million
Area / Square Feet: 118,710
Occupancy Date: February 2014

Mountaineer Field House at Western State Colorado University features training facilities that now rival most Division I universities. At 7,750 feet above sea level, the new field house and student recreation center addition includes the highest-elevation, eight-lane indoor collegiate competition track in the nation. It also boasts three multipurpose courts in the infield, a 43-foot-tall competition climbing and bouldering wall, a fitness center and three activity rooms.

Mountaineer Field House also includes the new High Altitude Performance Lab, giving students hands-on training in measuring sport performance and exercise physiology for clients from the university, summer sports camps and the Gunnison, Colo., community at large.

Other amenities include the renovation of the existing locker rooms and weight rooms, classroom space in support of the university’s intercollegiate athletics program, as well as new offices for the track and football departments.