University at Buffalo – Alumni Arena – Gymnasium

The Recreation and Athletics Complex (RAC) on the University’s North Campus includes Alumni Arena, a $12.5 million Phase II Building and a $1.5 million outdoor playing fields complex.

Alumni Arena’s main gymnasium is home to the Bulls’ men’s and women’s basketball teams, wrestling team and the women’s volleyball team. The largest “free-floating” hardwood floor in the United States at the time it was built, it features basketball, volleyball and badminton courts circled by a 200-meter track and seating for 6,100 spectators following renovations during the summer of 2004. In 2011, the University began to renovate the inner workings of the arena to enhance game day atmosphere, adding state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems, as well as a new video and scoring system. The greatest part is the new four-sided, center-hung LED display, that provides live video, instant replays, and animations.

For basketball, Alumni Arena ranks as the second largest on-campus facility in the state of New York, behind only Syracuse’s Carrier Dome. For volleyball matches, a specially designed sport-court from the 1993 World University Games is utilized.

The building includes three levels of offices, locker rooms, equipment and training-therapy rooms, seminar rooms and racquetball courts. The Phase II Building on the north side of Alumni Arena has an Olympic-sized swimming pool and a separate diving well, a triple gymnasium and dance studio.

Other areas are a wrestling practice room, two weight-training rooms (a state-of-the-art fitness center and a varsity weight room), additional racquetball and squash courts, an erg room, and an aerobics room.

The playing fields complex is located behind Alumni Arena and features lighted soccer fields, field hockey, softball and several multi-purpose fields, 10 tennis courts, two basketball courts, two handball courts and an archery range.