Campus Recreation Outdoor Facility at Lockefield Green

Campus Recreation Outdoor Facility at Lockefield Green


Mission and Vision Statement

MissionCampus Recreation provides intramural, fitness, and recreational activities that facilitate healthy lifestyles for a diverse population of students, faculty, and staff at IUPUI.

VisionCampus Recreation will be recognized as a leader in urban recreation by providing innovative and comprehensive recreational fitness programs/services for all IUPUI students.

Intended and Actual ImpactStrategic Plan

Accomplishes Student Affairs strategic plan for health and wellness by expanding outdoor recreation

Features3.18 acres of recreational space in an urban setting.

Intended and Actual ImpactFeatures

Three modified basketball courts

Two sand volleyball courts.

Open for informal recreation seven days a week from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.


Provides additional Intramural Programing and Special Events

Intramural Sand Volleyball Fall 2015 League • 34 teams; • 89 male /109 female participants. • 37% freshman, 13% sophomore, 11% juniors, 5% seniors, • 65% Graduate students.

Partnerships to support campus wide signature events. • Weeks of Welcome celebration at the beginning of the fall

semester • Regatta Week –campus fall event• Jagapoolaza- Student Affair “End of the Year” spring celebration


Collaboration with the Office of Sustainability provided Nine different strength and resistant training stations to promote and sustain physical, mental, and emotional health and wellness to enhance student success.


Enjoy Formal Programing (fitness classes)


Informal Recreational Opportunities for both On-Campus and Off-Campus students, faculty and staff

Unique Aesthetic or Architectural Design FeaturesPlanning

What was once a “pass through” empty lot on campus is now outdoor recreational facility for on-campus and off-campus students to enjoy drop-in recreation, hold structured programing (fitness classes) that target student, faculty and staff traffic and add programmable space for new intramural and special events in a park setting.

Week 1 of construction Proposed Locations for the Outdoor Facility

The dedication of the IUPUI Campus Recreation Outdoor Facility marks the 60th anniversary of the first of two consecutive Indiana state basketball championships for Crispus Attucks High School

IUPUI dedication celebrating a new recreational facility and honoring local sports legends -- the Lockefield Gardens Dust Bowl and Crispus Attucks High School state basketball champions.

The 1955 team was the nation’s first all-black team to win a state title and the first Indianapolis team to win the Indiana boy’s state title.

Crispus Attucks also won the 1956 state championship.

Many of the Crispus Attucks Tigers, of whom lived in Lockefield Gardens, learned the game at the legendary 'Dust Bowl,' a basketball proving ground that was located near an area now occupied by the Campus Recreation Outdoor Facility.

The Dust Bowl became a proving ground for hundreds of young Indianapolis players, including members of the Attucks teams that won Indiana state championships in 1955 and 1956

Unique Aesthetic or Architectural Design Features

History: Original Dust Bowl LocationUnique Aesthetic or Architectural Design Features

April 1 dedication of the IUPUI Campus Recreation Outdoor Facility which included basketball great and Attucks star Oscar Robertson as guest speaker

Charles R. Bantz (Chancellor ), Matt Jones (Assistant Director Competitive Sports); Tralicia Lewis (Assistant Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs);Oscar Robinson (center), Dr. Davenport (Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs); Liz Cohen (Assistant Dir. Campus Recreation);

Matt Rota-Autry (Director of Campus Recreation)

Park SettingA place to relax and meet and take advantage of quietness for welcome study breaks.

RelaxingGrass mounds provides natural seating to sun or wait for the next game.

Urban AreaEnjoy activities with friends in a park setting in the heart of Indianapolis.

Functionality of CROF at Lockefield Green

Fitness StationsIn collaboration with the Office of Sustainability. Six (6) different strength and resistant training stations were installed to promote and sustain physical, mental, and emotional health and wellness to enhance student success.


Leg Press Push-up Sit-up & Back Extension


Parallel Bars Captains Chair Pull-up Bars


CROF at Lockefield Green Technology FeaturesEntry gate with a scan swipe. Accessing the basketball courts requires a current university identification card (JagTag).

Entry gate has an alarm system flashes a blue light and produces a high pitch audible sound should the gate stay open greater than ten seconds

CROF at Lockefield Green Technology FeaturesBlue Emergency Pole is connected directly to IU Campus Police (IUPD) to provide enhance reliable campus safety

CROF at Lockefield Green Technology Features

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. installed three (3) closed circuit security cameras

CROF at Lockefield Green Technology FeaturesTwo timer switches for the light poles to the basketball courts and sand volleyball courts are located inside the fence area. Warning signal alerts participants ten minutes prior to the lights going out for the night. The lights cannot be activated by the switches past the posted court hours.

CROF at Lockefield Green Sustainable FeaturesRain Garden landscaped area was designed to collect rainfall and storm-water runoff from the basketball courts and sand volleyball courts.

CROF at Lockefield Green Technology FeaturesFence surrounding the lighted outdoor basketball courts. Lighting and entry gate are to ADA accessible mounting height


Open Seven Days a Week from 9:00am to 10:30pm



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Campus Recreation Outdoor Facility at Lockefield Green