Macalester College Athletics

| Features | Complex Facts | Construction Facts | Mural Facts | Building Recycling Facts |

The $45 million, 175,000 square-foot Leonard Center athletics & wellness complex was completed in August 2008 and gives Macalester a visible boost among its peers and be a boon to recruiting. Its natatorium, 200-meter track, and gymnasium qualify Macalester to host regional and national competitions. A fitness center, multipurpose room, health services, comfortable gathering areas, and a small juice bar make it the place for students to work out, play, relax, and have that sore throat checked out.

Key Features

• Fitness Center: The 9,000 square-foot fitness area triples the previous amount of space available to students. Students will have access to stationary bikes, treadmills, circuit-training equipment, and free weights.
• Multipurpose rooms: Students can take classes in yoga, Pilates, and stress management.
• Performance Gymnasium: The gym seats up to 1,200 spectators for basketball and volleyball games, 50 percent more than the previous space.
• Natatorium: The pool configuration will allow swimmers and divers to practice simultaneously. It also includes an expanded teaching area.
• Scotty’s: Students can gather at the juice bar for a snack or to watch news or sports on the flat-screen TVs.
• Field house: All-purpose flooring allows for flexible programming for a variety of sports.
• Lobby: Large windows create a bright, airy space while taking advantage of natural light and heat.
• Health and Wellness: By integrating health and wellness into the facility, the facility will help students develop healthy habits that last for a lifetime.
• Green design: Energy efficient roof design and materials will help reduce heating and cooling costs. Scoreboards are some of the many things from the old facility are being reused in the new Leonard Center.

Complex Information

• Scoreboards - 8
• Basketball hoops - 14
• Putting green - 5 holes
• Letter “M” in railings and trusses - 73 in railings, 1 orange “M” in truss (gym)
• Workout equipment - 77 pieces (not counting free weights)
• Leonard Center - 1 foot shy of being parallel to Snelling Ave.
• Pool - 6,150 sq. ft./holds 408,000 gallons of water
• Amphitheater (Shaw Field side) - 52 pieces of stone from Mankato quarry
• Metal Shield at Snelling Ave. entrance - 13’x10’3”
• Occupancy sensors - Available in all high traffic areas

Construction information

• Roof has high (36°) R-values Sustainability
• Italian porcelain tile - Atrium and bathrooms
• All exterior walls - Eight-foot precast molds
• First floor material - Four-color terrazzo
• Exterior bricks - 98,274
• Concrete blocks - 124,258
• Structural steel - 950 tons
• Sheet metal duct-work - 48 tons
• Heating and cooling piping - 2.5 miles
• Water piping - 1.1 miles
• Concrete for footings and slab on grade - 4,796 cubic yards/19,423,800 lbs.

Fieldhouse Flag Mural

• Flags from around the world - 128
• Macalester community images - 33,500
• Panels - 13
• Computers - 4
• Weeks - 5
• Hours/day to complete the mural 24

Reutilization and Recycling of Old Facility

• Fieldhouse - 3884 tons of building materials; 98% reused/recycled 1800 tons reused, 2004-tons recycled, 80 tons waste
• Gymnasium - 3707 tons of building materials; 93% reused/recycle 75 tons reused, 3382 tons recycled, 250 tons non
• Natatorium - 2471 tons of building materials, 96% reused/recycled 33 tons reused, 2340 tons recycled, 98 tons non
• Pieces of gym floor saved for memorabilia - 100, 1’ x 1’