UBC Athletics and Recreation – Facilities overview / Master planning

FACILITIES OVERVIEW | CURRENT FACILITIES

• Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre – 3 rinks / 15,000 seat arena• Thunderbird Stadium – 3,200 seat artificial turf stadium• Thunderbird Park – 12 playing fields, track and baseball field• War Memorial Gymnasium – 3,000 seat gymnasium and administrative hub• UBC Aquatic Centre • John M.S. Lecky Boathouse – 14,000 square foot rowing and events facility• Student Recreation Centre - 3 gymnasiums and fitness centre• UBC Tennis Centre – 8 court / 80,000 square foot facility• UBC Tennis Bubble – 4 court facility• Gerald McGavin Rugby Centre / Old Rugby Pavilion • Ponderosa Studio

FACILITIES OVERVIEW | NEW SPACES - UBC Aquatic Centre

New UBC Aquatic Centre – composite drawings

• $40M UBC Aquatic Centre• Construction commencing this summer and opening summer 2016 • Unique facility in combining high performance, community and student

recreation use – 400 square meter low depth warm water pool• Sustainability – 4M gallons of water saved per year

FACILITIES OVERVIEW | NEW SPACES UBC Aquatic Centre

•50M 10 lane competition pool with 500 permanent seats•25M Recreation pool with moveable floor•400 square meter low depth warm water pool•Family change room / athletics services retail

FACILITIES OVERVIEW | NEW SPACES - UBC Aquatic Centre

FACILITIES OVERVIEW | NEW SPACES - UBC Aquatic Centre

FACILITIES OVERVIEW | NEW SPACES – Fieldhouse / WC partnership project

• $22m Partnership• 35,000 sq ft Fieldhouse• 1 new artificial turf field• 1 newly renovated turf field• 2 new grass fields• Doug Mitchell Centre renovated locker room space• Significant increase in student access to fields /

ancillary facilities

FACILITIES OVERVIEW | NEW SPACES – National Soccer Development Centre

FACILITIES OVERVIEW | NEW SPACES – Baseball Training Centre and Stadium

• 12,000 square foot baseball training center - $3.5M in donor funding

• Future baseball stadium being fundraised • Multi-use indoor space that can be utilized for various

sport activities

FACILITIES OVERVIEW | MASTER PLAN

Completed to date• 2008 Business Plan• Audits / assessments completed of all A+R facilities • 2012 Capital priorities and capital project summary completed Master plan • Future needs assessment• Addressing aging facilities: War Memorial Gymnasium /

Thunderbird Stadium • Partnerships Current student usage • 21,000 individual students have participated in a recreational

program (May 2014-Oct 2014; excludes Tennis and Ice)• Current programs at capacity: IM leagues, Birdcoop, Drop-in

sports in the gymnasiums (incl. Badminton)

Assessing Needs• Questions: What programs are not being

offered? Where do we need to be offering programs? What are programs that will engage new students?

• Process: key stakeholders; workshop and student survey• Workshop: Thu Oct 23 3-4:30pm WAR

100• Timeline: complete before 2014• Project lead: CEI has been hired• Consultations: who else should we

consult

FACILITIES OVERVIEW | MASTER PLAN

UBC Athletics and Recreation – Facilities overview / Master planning

Preliminary findings:• Fitness Centre is the highest need / demand• Gymnasium spaces are the second highest

demand• Competitive Club, multi-use, stadium space

also have garnered significant interestKey questions • Who is not participating currently• Cultural analysis and future programming• Projecting future demands / student interest